13 JUNE 2363

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

administrative officer for the Palmerston North City shall be, respectively, the Returning Officer and the principal administrative officer for the former Palmerston North City.

(2) The first election of the Palmerston North City Council shall be conducted by postal vote.

90 FIRST MEETING

The first meeting of the Palmerston North City 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.

91 CHIEF EXECUTIVE

(1) The Chief Executive of the Palmerston North City Council shall be the person appointed to that position in accordance with clause 105 of this order.

(2) The Chief Executive shall be the principal administrative officer of the Palmerston North City Council.

92 FUNCTIONS, DUTIES, AND POWERS

The functions, duties, and powers of the Palmerston North City 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 Palmerston North City Council or any of the former authorities; and

(iii) Any local Act relating to the Palmerston North City 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.

93 ADMINISTRATION HEADQUARTERS

The administration headquarters of the Palmerston North City Council shall be located in Palmerston North.

94 SERVICE DELIVERY CENTRE

The Palmerston North City Council shall, at least until the 1st day of November 1995, establish and maintain a service delivery centre in Ashhurst, in accordance with the provisions of the Third Schedule to this order.

95 ASHHURST COMMUNITY

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

(2) The community board for the Ashhurst 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 Palmerston North City Council representing the ward comprising the area of the community, and appointed by the Palmerston North City 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 former Palmerston North City.

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

96 RATING

(1) The system of rating in the Palmerston North City shall be the land value system.

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

97 TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING

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

(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 Palmerston North City.

(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 thereof, then, subject to any resolution of the Palmerston North City Council to the contrary, all such preparation shall be deemed to have been done by, or on behalf of, the Palmerston North City Council and may be adopted and acted upon by it.

(4) Where before the date of commencement 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 Palmerston North City 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 Palmerston North City 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 Palmerston North City Council or, as the case may require, a committee or delegate thereof.

98 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 Palmerston North City until a new plan is approved for the Palmerston North City, in accordance with the Civil Defence Act 1983.

99 VESTING OF PROPERTY

(1) All property, real and personal, vested in the corporation of any former authority, and situated in the Palmerston North City is hereby vested in the corporation of the Palmerston North City Council, subject to all existing encumbrances.

(2) All property, real and personal, vested in the corporation of any former authority, other than the Manawatu District Council and the Oroua County Council, and situated in a district in which that former authority is not also a former authority, is hereby vested in the corporation of the Palmerston North City Council, subject to all existing encumbrances.

100 TITLE TO PROPERTY

Any reference, express or implied, to any former authority in any instrument or other document, or in any entry or record made in any register in relation to any property vested in the Palmerston North City Council by clause 99 of this order shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be read as a reference to “The Palmerston North City Council”.

101 TRANSITIONAL COMMITTEE

(1) The local authorities named in subclause (2) of this clause