13 JUNE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 2417

Understanding dated the 11th day of May 1989 between Her Majesty the Queen and the former Cromwell Borough Council.

70 ADMINISTRATION HEADQUARTERS

The administration headquarters of the Central Otago District Council shall be located in Alexandra.

71 SERVICE DELIVERY CENTRES

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

(a) Cromwell; and

(b) Roxburgh; and

(c) Ranfurly,

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

72 COMMUNITIES

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

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

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

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

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

(2) The community board for each community constituted by subclause (1) of 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 Central Otago District Council representing the ward comprising the area of that community, and appointed by the Central Otago 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 Alexandra Borough.

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

73 NASEBY COMMITTEE

(1) The Maniototo Community Board, constituted by clause 72 of this order, shall at least until the 1st day of November 1992, establish and maintain a committee to be known as “The Naseby Committee”.

(2) The Naseby Committee constituted by subclause (1) of this clause shall consist of:

(a) Three persons who shall be normally resident in the area of the former Naseby Borough; and

(b) Two members of the Maniototo Community Board, appointed by the Maniototo Community Board.

(3) The functions of the Naseby Committee shall be:

(a) To consider and report to the Maniototo Community Board on any matters of concern to the residents of Naseby; and

(b) Such other matters as may from time to time be delegated to the Naseby Committee by the Maniototo Community Board.

74 RATING

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

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

(3) Subject to section 103 of the Rating Powers Act 1988, until the 30th day of June 1994, the capital value rating system shall continue to apply in:

(a) The area of the former Tuapeka County included within the Central Otago District by this Part of this order; and

(b) Those areas of the former Maniototo County which are included in the Central Otago District by this Part of this order and in which, before the commencement of this order, the system of rating was the capital value system.

75 TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING

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

76 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 Central Otago District until a new plan is approved for the Central Otago District, in accordance with the Civil Defence Act 1983.

77 VESTING OF PROPERTY

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

(2) All property, real and personal, vested in the corporation of a former authority, other than the Tuapeka County Council, the Southland County Council and the Waitaki County 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 Central Otago District Council, subject to all existing encumbrances.