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

184 FIRST ELECTION

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

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

185 FIRST MEETING

The first meeting of the Ruapehu 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.

186 CHIEF EXECUTIVE

(1) The Chief Executive of the Ruapehu District Council shall be the person appointed to that position in accordance with clause 200 of this order.

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

187 FUNCTIONS, DUTIES, AND POWERS

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

(iii) Any local Act relating to the Ruapehu District Council or any of the former authorities;

(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.

188 ADMINISTRATION HEADQUARTERS

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

189 SERVICE DELIVERY CENTRE

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

190 COMMUNITIES

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

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

(b) The area of the National Park Ward, to be known as “The National Park Community”; and

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

(d) The area of the Waiouru Ward, to be known as “The Waiouru Community”.

(2) The community board for each community constituted by this clause 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 Ruapehu District Council, representing the ward comprising the area of the community, and appointed by the Ruapehu 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 Taumarunui County.

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

191 RATING

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

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

192 TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING

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

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

194 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 Ruapehu District is hereby vested in the corporation of the Ruapehu District Council, subject to all existing encumbrances.

(2) All property, real and personal, vested in the corporation of any former authority, other than the former authorities specified in subclause (1), shall, subject to any existing encumbrances, be vested as determined by the Local Government Commission.