NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 99

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(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 Gisborne District Council or any of the former authorities; and

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

(b) 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.

12 FUNCTIONS, DUTIES, AND POWERS OF REGIONAL COUNCIL

(1) The Gisborne District Council shall have:

(a) The functions, duties, and powers of a regional council under—

(i) The Local Government Act 1974; and
(ii) The Urban Transport Act 1980; and
(iii) Any public Act relating to a regional council or any of the former authorities and not expressly referred to in this clause; and
(iv) Any local Act relating to the Gisborne District Council or any of the former authorities; and

(b) The functions, duties, and powers in relation to regional planning of a regional council under the Town and Country Planning Act 1977 or any other Act; and

(c) The functions, duties, and powers in relation to maritime planning of a maritime planning authority under the Town and Country Planning Act 1977 or any other Act; and

(d) The functions, duties, and powers of a catchment board and a regional water board under the Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Act 1941 and the Water and Soil Conservation Act 1967 or any other Act; and

(e) The functions, duties, and powers in relation to civil defence of a regional council under the Civil Defence Act 1983 or any other Act; and

(f) The functions, duties, and powers of a harbour board under the Harbours Act 1950 and the Marine Pollution Act 1974 or any other Act; and

(g) The functions, duties, and powers of a pest destruction board under the Agricultural Pests Destruction Act 1967 or any other Act; and

(h) The functions, duties, and powers of a district noxious plants authority under the Noxious Plants Act 1978 or any other Act.

(2) For the purposes of paragraphs (a) to (e) of subclause (1) of this clause, that area of territorial sea delineated on S.O. plan 8379 deposited with the Chief Surveyor of the Gisborne Land District, shall be included within the jurisdiction of the Gisborne District Council.

(3) Subject to the provisions of this order, any Act, whether expressly referred to in this clause or not, shall apply, according to its tenor, to the Gisborne District and the Gisborne District Council as if the district was a region and the district council was a regional council.

13 RURAL SERVICES COMMITTEE

(1) The Gisborne District Council shall, at least until the 1st day of November 1995, establish and maintain a Rural Services Committee.

(2) The Rural Services Committee shall be responsible for:

(a) Agricultural pests destruction; and
(b) Noxious plants control; and
(c) Any other functions considered by the Gisborne District Council to be of particular concern to the rural community.

(3) The persons appointed by the Gisborne District Council to the Rural Services Committee established under this clause shall include not less than 2 persons:

(a) Who are not members of that Council; but
(b) Who, in the opinion of the Council, have knowledge that will assist the work of the Committee.

14 JOINT COMMITTEE

The Gisborne District Council shall, until the 1st day of November 1995, unite with the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council and the Bay of Plenty Regional Council in appointing a joint committee, comprising an equal number of representatives of the Gisborne District Council and those Regional Councils, for the purposes of:

(a) Co-ordinating planning for the control of those agricultural pests and noxious plants of particular concern in relation to the Gisborne District, the Hawke’s Bay Region and the Bay of Plenty Region; and
(b) Co-ordinating the performance of the functions, duties, and powers of a catchment board and a regional water board in respect of those areas of the Gisborne District not wholly within a water catchment; and
(c) Co-ordinating action on such other matters as the Councils jointly decide.

15 REGIONAL LAND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE

(1) The Gisborne District Council shall establish and maintain a Regional Land Transport Committee.

(2) The Regional Land Transport Committee shall be responsible for:

(a) Regional roading under Part XXII of the Local Government Act 1974; and
(b) Such transport or other roading responsibilities as may from time to time, pursuant to any Act, become a function of a regional council; and
(c) Such other functions as the Gisborne District Council considers appropriate.

16 HARBOUR COMMITTEE

(1) The Gisborne District Council shall, at least until the 1st day of November 1995, establish and maintain a Gisborne Harbour Committee.

(2) The Gisborne Harbour Committee shall be responsible for:

(a) Navigation and safety within those areas within harbour limits for which the Gisborne District Council is from time to time responsible; and
(b) Any other matter associated with the regulation of those areas other than maritime planning; and
(c) Such other functions as that Council considers appropriate.

(3) The persons appointed by the Gisborne District Council to the Gisborne Harbour Committee established under this clause shall include not less than 2 persons:

(a) Who are not members of that Council; but
(b) Who, in the opinion of the Council, have knowledge that will assist the work of that Committee.

17 ADMINISTRATION HEADQUARTERS

The administration headquarters of the Gisborne District Council shall be located in Gisborne.

18 SERVICE DELIVERY CENTRES

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

(a) Te Karaka; and
(b) Te Puia Springs.