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lected at the first election of that Council shall be elected as follows:

(a) Four members shall be elected by the electors of the Rangiora Ward; and

(b) Two members shall be elected by the electors of the Oxford Ward; and

(c) Four members shall be elected by the electors of the Kaiapoi Ward; and

(d) Three members shall be elected by the electors of the Ashley-Eyre Ward.

67 FIRST ELECTION

(1) For the purposes of the first election of the Waimakariri District Council, the Returning Officer and the principal administrative officer for the Waimakariri District shall be, respectively, the Returning Officer and the principal administrative officer for the Kaiapoi Borough.

(2) The first election of the Waimakariri District Council shall be conducted by postal vote.

68 FIRST MEETING

The first meeting of the Waimakariri District Council:

(a) Shall be convened by the principal administrative officer of that Council; and

(b) Shall be held no later than the 14th day of November 1989.

69 CHIEF EXECUTIVE

(1) The Chief Executive of the Waimakariri District Council shall be the person appointed to that position in accordance with clause 83 of this order.

(2) The Chief Executive shall be the principal administrative officer of the Waimakariri District Council.

70 FUNCTIONS, DUTIES, AND POWERS

The functions, duties, and powers of the Waimakariri District Council shall be:

(a) The functions, duties, and powers of a territorial authority under—

(i) The Local Government Act 1974; and

(ii) Any other public Act relating to the Waimakariri District Council or any of the former authorities; and

(iii) Any local Act relating to the Waimakariri District Council or any of the former authorities; and

(b) The functions, duties, and powers of the Waimakariri-Ashley Water Supply Board in accordance with the Waimakariri-Ashley Water Supply Act 1961; and

(c) The functions, duties, and powers of an administering body under the Reserves Act 1977 in respect of the reserves being administered by the former authorities immediately before the coming into force of this clause.

71 ADMINISTRATION HEADQUARTERS

Until the Waimakariri District Council otherwise resolves, the administration headquarters of that Council shall be located in Rangiora.

72 SERVICE DELIVERY CENTRES

The Waimakariri District Council shall, at least until the 1st day of November 1995, establish and maintain a service delivery centre in:

(a) Kaiapoi; and

(b) Oxford,

in accordance with the provisions of the Third Schedule to this order.

73 KAIAPOI COMMUNITY

(1) There is hereby constituted a community for the area of the Kaiapoi Ward to be known as “The Kaiapoi Community”.

(2) The community board for the Kaiapoi Community shall consist of:

(a) Six members elected by the electors of the community; and

(b) The persons elected, from time to time, as members of the Waimakariri District Council representing the ward comprising the area of the community, and appointed by the Waimakariri District Council to the community board.

(3) The Returning Officer for the first election of the community board for the community constituted by this clause shall be the Returning Officer for the Kaiapoi Borough.

(4) The first election of the community board for the community constituted by this clause shall be conducted by postal vote.

74 RATING

(1) The system of rating in the Waimakariri District shall be the land value system.

(2) Until the Valuer-General is able to produce a valuation roll for the Waimakariri District, Part XIV of the Rating Powers Act 1988 shall apply as if the Waimakariri District was the district of a special purpose authority and the areas from which it was formed were constituent districts.

75 TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING

(1) The Waimakariri District Council shall not be required to prepare a new district scheme, immediately, for the Waimakariri District.

(2) The operative district schemes and the proposed district schemes under the Town and Country Planning Act 1977 of the former authorities shall be deemed to be the operative district scheme or, as the case may be, the proposed district scheme, of the Waimakariri District.

(3) Where any former authority had, prior to its dissolution, begun the preparation of any review of its district scheme or any change or variation thereto, then, subject to any resolution of the Waimakariri District Council to the contrary, all such preparation shall be deemed to have been done by, or on behalf of, the Waimakariri District Council and may be adopted and acted upon by it.

(4) Where before the coming into force of this clause any application had been made to any former authority by any person pursuant to any provision of the Town and Country Planning Act 1977, and:

(a) No hearing by that former authority or any committee thereof had begun of such application or any objection thereto, the application shall be deemed to have been made to the Waimakariri District Council and shall be dealt with by it accordingly; or

(b) Such application had been heard or otherwise disposed of by that former authority and either the time for any appeal against such decision had not expired or notice of appeal had been given, any such appeal shall be deemed to be against the Waimakariri District Council; or

(c) Such application had been either partly or fully heard or considered by that former authority but no decision thereon had been given, the application shall be heard or considered again by the Waimakariri District Council or, as the case may require, a committee or delegate thereof.

76 CIVIL DEFENCE

The operative local civil defence plans for the districts of the former authorities shall continue in force in the respective parts of the Waimakariri District until a new plan is approved for the Waimakariri District, in accordance with the Civil Defence Act 1983.

77 VESTING OF PROPERTY

(1) Subject to subclause (3) of this clause, all property, real and personal, vested in the corporation of any former