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the basis upon which any such rate is made and levied and may, with the approval of the Local Government Commission, resolve to vary such basis.

(2) Nothing in this clause shall apply to:

(a) The Ashburton District Council (as constituted by Part VIII of this order); or

(b) The Waimate District Council (as constituted by Part XI of this order).

261 ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

The provisions of section 60 of the Local Government Amendment Act (No. 2) 1989 shall apply in relation to the apportionment of the assets and liabilities of the former authorities, as defined in Parts II to XI of this order, as if this order did not make provision for the apportionment of those assets and liabilities:

Provided that there shall be no apportionment of the assets and liabilities of the Lyttelton Harbour Board or the Timaru Harbour Board pursuant to this clause.

262 LOAN LIABILITIES

Subject to section 37F(2) of the Local Government Act 1974, all loan liabilities existing immediately before the 1st day of November 1989, shall continue to be secured against the area over which they were secured at that date.

263 RESIDUAL AUTHORITIES

In the case of a former authority listed in the Seventh Schedule to this order, the local authority that shall be responsible for:

(a) The preparation of the annual financial statement for that former authority for the financial year commencing on the 1st day of April 1989 and for any earlier financial years for which an annual financial statement has not been prepared or, in the case of the Lyttelton and Timaru Harbour Boards, for the financial year commencing on the 1st day of October 1989 and for any earlier financial years for which an annual financial statement has not been prepared; and

(b) The documents (as defined in section 248 of the Local Government Act 1974) and local archives (as so defined) of that former authority, other than those documents or local archives, relating to a specified area or function, shall be the local authority designated in that Schedule as a residual authority in relation to that former authority.

264 CONDUCT OF AFFAIRS

The provisions of section 223C of the Local Government Act 1974 relating to the conduct of affairs of local authorities and community boards applies to the local authorities and community boards constituted by this order.

SCHEDULES

First Schedule

PART I

Local Authorities Dissolved and Districts Abolished

PART II

Local Authorities Dissolved

Christchurch Drainage Board
Christchurch Transport Board
Waimakariri-Ashley Water Supply Board
Amuri District Noxious Plants Authority
Banks Peninsula District Noxious Plants Authority
Malvern District Noxious Plants Authority
Ellesmere District Noxious Plants Authority
Cheviot District Noxious Plants Authority
Christchurch City District Noxious Plants Authority
Hurunui District Noxious Plants Authority
Paparoa District Noxious Plants Authority
Rangiora District Noxious Plants Authority
Ashburton District Noxious Plants Authority
Strathallan District Noxious Plants Authority
Mackenzie District Noxious Plants Authority
Waimate District Noxious Plants Authority
Le Bons Bay Reserve Board
Little Akaloa Reserve Board
Oaklands Bay Reserve Board
Pigeon Bay Reserve Board
Doyle Reserve Board
Ealing Reserve Board
Twinwald Reserve Board
Seafield Reserve Board
Ruapuna Reserve Board
Pandarves Reserve Board
Maronan Reserve Board
Hinds Reserve Board
Cheviot Reserve Board
Mead Reserve Board
Ellesmere Reserve Board
Lincoln Park Reserve Board