2394 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 99

(2) The first meeting of the Northland Regional Council shall be held not later than the 14th day of November 1989.

15 CHIEF EXECUTIVE

(1) The Chief Executive of the Northland Regional Council shall be the person appointed to that position in accordance with clause 30 of this order.

(2) The Chief Executive shall be the principal administrative officer of the Northland Regional Council.

16 FUNCTIONS, DUTIES, AND POWERS

The functions, duties, and powers of the Northland Regional Council shall be:

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this order, the functions, duties, and powers of a regional council under—

(i) The Local Government Act 1974; and
(ii) The Urban Transport Act 1980; and
(iii) Any public Act relating to the Northland Regional Council or any of the former authorities and not expressly referred to in this clause; and
(iv) Any local Act relating to the Northland Regional Council or any of the former authorities; and

(b) The functions, duties, and powers in relation to regional planning of a regional council under the Town and Country Planning Act 1977 or any other Act; and

(c) The functions, duties, and powers in relation to maritime planning of a maritime planning authority under the Town and Country Planning Act 1977 or any other Act; and

(d) The functions, duties, and powers of a catchment board and a regional water board under the Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Act 1941 and the Water and Soil Conservation Act 1967 or any other Act; and

(e) The functions, duties, and powers in relation to civil defence of a regional council under the Civil Defence Act 1983 or any other Act; and

(f) Except as otherwise provided in this order, the functions, duties, and powers of a harbour board under the Harbours Act 1950 and the Marine Pollution Act 1974 or any other Act; and

(g) The functions, duties, and powers of a pest destruction board under the Agricultural Pests Destruction Act 1967 or any other Act; and

(h) The functions, duties, and powers of a district noxious plants authority under the Noxious Plants Act 1978 or any other Act.

17 RURAL SERVICES COMMITTEE

(1) The Northland Regional Council shall, at least until the 1st day of November 1995, establish and maintain a Rural Services Committee.

(2) The Rural Services Committee shall be responsible for:

(a) Agricultural pests destruction; and
(b) Noxious plants control; and
(c) Any other functions considered by the Northland Regional Council to be of particular concern to the rural community.

(3) The persons appointed by the Northland Regional Council to the Rural Services Committee established under this clause shall include not less than 2 persons:

(a) Who are not members of that Council; but
(b) Who, in the opinion of the Council, have knowledge that will assist the work of the Committee.

18 REGIONAL LAND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE

(1) The Northland Regional Council shall establish and maintain a Regional Land Transport Committee.

(2) The Regional Land Transport Committee shall be responsible for:

(a) Regional roading under Part XXII of the Local Government Act 1974; and
(b) Such transport or other roading responsibilities as may from time to time, pursuant to any Act, become a function of a regional council; and
(c) Such other functions as the Northland Regional Council considers appropriate.

19 HARBOUR COMMITTEE

(1) The Northland Regional Council shall, at least until the 1st day of November 1995, establish and maintain a Northland Harbour Committee.

(2) The Northland Harbour Committee shall be responsible for:

(a) Navigation and safety within those areas within harbour limits for which the Northland Regional Council is, from time to time, responsible; and
(b) Any other matter associated with the regulation of those areas other than maritime planning; and
(c) Such other functions as the Northland Regional Council considers appropriate.

(3) The persons appointed by the Northland Regional Council to the Northland Harbour Committee established under this clause shall include not less than 2 persons:

(a) Who are not members of that Council; but
(b) Who, in the opinion of the Council, have knowledge that will assist the work of the Committee.

20 ADMINISTRATION HEADQUARTERS

The administration headquarters of the Northland Regional Council shall be located in Whangarei.

21 RATING

(1) Without limiting the powers of the Northland Regional Council under the Rating Powers Act 1988 to make and levy any rate under a different system of rating, the system of rating in the Northland Region shall be the capital value system.

(2) The Northland Regional Council shall exercise within the Northland Region or any part thereof:

(a) Any rating powers possessed by any former authority; and
(b) Any powers to make and levy assessments relating to the functions and powers possessed by any former authority.

(3) Subject to subclause (7) of this clause, and until at least the 30th day of June 1992, all rates made by the Northland Regional Council shall be levied and collected by the constituent authorities of the Northland Region as if an agreement had been made under section 127(1) of the Rating Powers Act 1988.

(4) Where a rate to which subclause (3) of this clause applies has been made on a different rating system to that which applies in the district of the constituent authority by which the rate is to be collected, that rate shall be levied and collected by the constituent authority:

(a) On the system of rating in force in the district of the constituent authority; or
(b) On the system of rating upon which the rate was made by the Northland Regional Council.

(5) Where any rate to which subclause (3) of this clause applies is made by the Northland Regional Council in respect of an area of benefit, it shall be levied and collected by the constituent authority or authorities within which that area of benefit is located and, where appropriate, according to any graduated scale applying to that rate.

(6) Subject to subclause (7) of this clause, the Northland Regional Council shall, for the purpose of:

(a) Reimbursing each constituent authority for costs