13 JUNE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 2369

(a) One member shall be elected by the electors of the Waitotara Ward; and

(b) One member shall be elected by the electors of the Parapara-Fordell Ward; and

(c) Three members shall be elected by the electors of the Westmere Ward; and

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

(e) Two members shall be elected by the electors of the Central Ward; and

(f) Three members shall be elected by the electors of the Matarawa Ward.

161 FIRST ELECTION

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

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

162 FIRST MEETING

The first meeting of the Wanganui District 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.

163 CHIEF EXECUTIVE

(1) The Chief Executive of the Wanganui District Council shall be the person appointed to that position in accordance with clause 176 of this order.

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

164 FUNCTIONS, DUTIES, AND POWERS

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

(iii) Any local Act relating to the Wanganui 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.

165 ADMINISTRATION HEADQUARTERS

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

166 COMMUNITIES

(1) There is hereby constituted a community for each of the following:

(a) The area of the Waitotara Ward, to be known as “The Waitotara Community”; and

(b) The area of the Parapara-Fordell Ward, to be known as “The Parapara-Fordell Community”;

comprising the area of the community, and appointed by the Wanganui District Council to the community board.

(3) The Returning Officer for the first election of the community boards for those communities constituted by this clause shall be the Returning Officer for the Wanganui City.

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

167 RATING

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

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

168 TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING

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

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

170 VESTING OF PROPERTY

(1) All property, real and personal, vested in the corporation of any former authority and situated in the Wanganui District is hereby vested in the corporation of the Wanganui 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 appropriate new authority.