13 JUNE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

101 INTERPRETATION

In this Part of this order, "the former authorities" means:

(a) The Waipawa District Council; and
(b) The Waipukurau District Council; and
(c) The Dannevirke District Council; and
(d) The Waipawa River Board; and
(e) The Haumua Domain Board; and
(f) The Pourerere Domain Board; and
(g) The Elsthorpe Reserve Board,

and any reference to "former authority" shall be a reference to any of the former authorities named in this clause.

102 WARDS

(1) The Central Hawke’s Bay District is hereby divided into 5 wards.

(2) Those 5 wards are:

(a) The Aramoana Ward, comprising the area delineated on S.O. Plan No. 9835 deposited with the Chief Surveyor of the Hawke’s Bay Land District:

(b) The Waipukurau Ward, comprising the area delineated on S.O. Plan No. 9839 deposited with the Chief Surveyor of the Hawke’s Bay Land District:

(c) The Takapau Ward, comprising the area delineated on S.O. Plan No. 9836 deposited with the Chief Surveyor of the Hawke’s Bay Land District:

(d) The Waipawa Ward, comprising the area delineated on S.O. Plan No. 9838 deposited with the Chief Surveyor of the Hawke’s Bay Land District:

(e) The Tikokino Ward, comprising the area delineated on S.O. Plan No. 9837 deposited with the Chief Surveyor of the Hawke’s Bay Land District.

103 MEMBERSHIP

(1) The Central Hawke’s Bay District Council shall consist of a Mayor and 12 members.

(2) The members of the Central Hawke’s Bay District Council to be elected at the first election of that Council shall be elected as follows:

(a) Two members shall be elected by the electors of the Aramoana Ward; and

(b) Four members shall be elected by the electors of the Waipukurau Ward; and

(c) Two members shall be elected by the electors of the Takapau Ward; and

(d) Two members shall be elected by the electors of the Waipawa Ward; and

(e) Two members shall be elected by the electors of the Tikokino Ward.

104 FIRST ELECTION

(1) For the purposes of the first election of the Central Hawke’s Bay District Council, the Returning Officer and the principal administrative officer for the Central Hawke’s Bay District shall be, respectively, the Returning Officer and the principal administrative officer for the Waipukurau District.

(2) The first election of the Central Hawke’s Bay District Council shall be conducted by postal vote.

105 FIRST MEETING

The first meeting of the Central Hawke’s Bay District Council:

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

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

106 CHIEF EXECUTIVE

(1) The Chief Executive of the Central Hawke’s Bay District Council shall be the person appointed to that position in accordance with clause 119 of this order.

(2) The Chief Executive shall be the principal administrative officer of the Central Hawke’s Bay District Council.

107 FUNCTIONS, DUTIES, AND POWERS

The functions, duties, and powers of the Central Hawke’s Bay 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 Central Hawke’s Bay District Council or any of the former authorities; and

(iii) Any local Act relating to the Central Hawke’s Bay District Council or any of the former authorities; and

(b) The functions, duties, and powers of a river board under the River Boards Act 1908 in respect of the area of the former Waipawa River District; 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.

108 ADMINISTRATION HEADQUARTERS

Until the Central Hawke’s Bay District Council otherwise resolves, the administration headquarters of the Council shall be located in Waipukurau.

109 SERVICE DELIVERY CENTRE

The Central Hawke’s Bay District Council shall, at least until the 1st day of November 1995, establish and maintain a service delivery centre in Waipawa, in accordance with the provisions of the Second Schedule to this order.

110 RATING

(1) The system of rating in the Central Hawke’s Bay District shall be the land value system.

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

111 TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING

(1) The Central Hawke’s Bay District Council shall not be required to prepare a new district scheme, immediately, for the Central Hawke’s Bay 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, as the case may be, the proposed district scheme, of the Central Hawke’s Bay District.

(3) Where any former authority had, prior to its dissolution, begun the preparation of any review of its district scheme or of any change or variation thereto, then, subject to any resolution of the Central Hawke’s Bay District Council to the contrary, all such preparation shall be deemed to have been done by, or on behalf of, the Central Hawke’s Bay 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 or any committee thereof 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 of any objection thereto, the application shall be deemed to have been made to the Central Hawke’s Bay District Council and shall be dealt with by it accordingly; or