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

(d) Four members shall be elected by the electors of the
Oroua Ward; and

(e) Three members shall be elected by the electors of the
Kiwlanga Ward.

113 FIRST ELECTION

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

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

114 FIRST MEETING

The first meeting of the Manawatu District Council:

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

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

115 CHIEF EXECUTIVE

(1) The Chief Executive of the Manawatu District Council shall
be the person appointed to that position in accordance with
clause 128 of this order.

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

116 FUNCTIONS, DUTIES, AND POWERS

The functions, duties, and powers of the Manawatu 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 Manawatu District
Council or any of the former authorities; and
(iii) Any local Act relating to the Manawatu 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.

117 ADMINISTRATION HEADQUARTERS

The administration headquarters for the Manawatu District
Council shall be located in Feilding.

118 SERVICE DELIVERY CENTRES

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

(a) Sanson; and

(b) Kimbolton,

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

119 RATING

(1) The system of rating in the Manawatu District shall be the
capital value system.

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

120 TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING

(1) The Manawatu District Council shall not be required to
prepare a new district scheme, immediately, for the Manawatu
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 Manawatu 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 Manawatu District Council to the contrary, all such
preparation shall be deemed to have been done by, or on
behalf of, the Manawatu 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 on such application or any objection
    thereto, the application shall be deemed to have been made to
    the Manawatu 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
    Manawatu District Council; or

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

121 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 Manawatu District until a new plan is approved for
the Manawatu District, in accordance with the Civil Defence
Act 1983.

122 VESTING OF PROPERTY

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

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

123 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
Manawatu District Council by clause 122 of this order shall,
unless the context otherwise requires, be read as a reference to
“The Manawatu District Council”.

124 TRANSITIONAL COMMITTEE

(1) The local authorities named in subclause (2) of this clause
shall unite in appointing a transitional committee for the
Manawatu District.

(2) The local authorities to which this clause applies shall be:

(a) The former Manawatu District Council; and

(b) The Feilding Borough Council; and

(c) The Pohangina County Council; and

(d) The Oroua County Council; and