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(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.

138 CHIEF EXECUTIVE

(1) The Chief Executive of the Rangitikei District Council shall be the person appointed to that position in accordance with clause 152 of this order.

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

139 FUNCTIONS, DUTIES, AND POWERS

The functions, duties, and powers of the Rangitikei 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 Rangitikei District Council or any of the former authorities; and

(iii) Any local Act relating to the Rangitikei 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.

140 ADMINISTRATION HEADQUARTERS

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

141 SERVICE DELIVERY CENTRE

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

142 COMMUNITIES

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

(2) The community board for the Taihape Community, constituted by subclause (1) of this clause, shall consist of:

(a) Six members elected by the electors of the Taihape Community; and

(b) The persons elected from time to time as members of the Rangitikei District Council representing the ward comprising the area of the community, and appointed by the Rangitikei District Council to the community board.

(3) There is hereby constituted a community, to be known as “The Ratana Community”, comprising the area delineated on S.O. Plan No. 36060 deposited with the Chief Surveyor of the Wellington Land District.

(4) The community board for the Ratana Community, constituted by subclause (3) of this clause, shall consist of six members elected by the electors of the community.

(5) The Returning Officer for the first election for the community boards for those communities constituted by this clause shall be the Returning Officer for the Rangitikei County.

(6) The first election of the community boards for those communities constituted by this clause shall be conducted by postal vote.

143 RATING

(1) The system of rating in the Rangitikei District shall be the land value system.

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

144 TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING

(1) The Rangitikei District Council shall not be required to prepare a new district scheme, immediately, for the Rangitikei 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 Rangitikei 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 Rangitikei District Council to the contrary, all such preparation shall be deemed to have been done by, or on behalf of, the Rangitikei 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 of such application or of any objection thereto, the application shall be deemed to have been made to the Rangitikei 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 Rangitikei District 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 Rangitikei District Council or, as the case may require, a committee or delegate thereof.

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

146 VESTING OF PROPERTY

(1) Subject to subclause (3) of this clause, all property, real and personal, vested in the corporation of any former authority and situated in the Rangitikei District is hereby vested in the corporation of the Rangitikei District Council, subject to all existing encumbrances.

(2) All property, real and personal, vested in the corporation of any former authority, other than the Kiwitea County Council and the Taupo District 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 Rangitikei District Council, subject to all existing encumbrances.

(3) All that area of land comprising 30.6549 hectares contained in Lot 4, Block IV, Maungakaretu Survey District is hereby vested in the Rangitikei District Council, subject to all existing encumbrances.

147 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 Rangitikei District Council by clause 146 of this order shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be read as a reference to “The Rangitikei District Council”.