2420 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 99

community constituted by this clause shall be conducted by postal vote.

100 RATING

(1) The system of rating in the Queenstown-Lakes District shall be the capital value system.

(2) Until the Valuer-General is able to produce a valuation roll for the Queenstown-Lakes District, Part XIV of the Rating Powers Act 1988 shall apply as if the Queenstown-Lakes 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 land value rating system shall continue to apply in:

(a) the area of the former Arrowtown Borough; and

(b) that part of the former Vincent County which is included by this Part of this order in the Queenstown-Lakes District.

101 TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING

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

102 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 Queenstown-Lakes District until a new plan is approved for the Queenstown-Lakes District, in accordance with the Civil Defence Act 1983.

103 VESTING OF PROPERTY

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

(2) All property, real and personal, vested in the corporation of a former authority, other than the Southland County Council and the Vincent 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 Queenstown-Lakes District Council, subject to all existing encumbrances.

104 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 Queenstown-Lakes District Council by clause 103 of this order shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be read as a reference to “The Queenstown-Lakes District Council”.

105 TRANSITIONAL COMMITTEE

(1) The local authorities listed in subclause (2) of this clause shall unite in appointing a transitional committee.

(2) The local authorities to which this clause applies shall be:

(a) The former Queenstown-Lakes District Council; and

(b) The Arrowtown Borough Council; and

(c) The Vincent County Council.

106 MEMBERSHIP OF TRANSITIONAL COMMITTEE

(1) The transitional committee for the Queenstown-Lakes District shall consist of:

(a) Three members appointed by the former Queenstown-Lakes District Council; and

(b) Two members appointed by the Arrowtown Borough Council; and

(c) Two members appointed by the Vincent County Council; and

(d) One officer appointed by each local authority, named in clause 105(2) of this order, who shall be non-voting members of the transitional committee; and

(e) The Chief Executive designate, when appointed in accordance with clause 109 of this order, who shall be a non-voting member of the transitional committee; and

(f) One member appointed by the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions, being an employee of a local authority named in clause 105(2) of this order who shall be a non-voting member of the transitional committee.

(2) Each member appointed by the former Queenstown-Lakes District Council shall have 2 votes.

107 NO CASTING VOTE

The Chairperson of the transitional committee for the Queenstown-Lakes District or other person presiding at any meeting of the committee shall not have a casting vote in the case of equality of votes.

108 EXCLUSION OF NON-VOTING MEMBERS

The transitional committee for the Queenstown-Lakes District may resolve to exclude any non-voting member of that committee from any meeting or part of a meeting where it proposes to consider any matter that affects that member personally.

109 OBLIGATION OF TRANSITIONAL COMMITTEE TO APPOINT CHIEF EXECUTIVE

The transitional committee for the Queenstown-Lakes District shall appoint a person to be the Chief Executive of the Queenstown-Lakes District Council.

110 PRINCIPAL LOCAL AUTHORITY

The principal local authority for the transitional committee for the Queenstown-Lakes District shall be the former Queenstown-Lakes District Council.

111 COSTS OF TRANSITIONAL COMMITTEE

The costs of the transitional committee for the Queenstown-Lakes District shall be met by the local authorities named in clause 105(2) of this order in the same proportion as their respective annual general rates revenue.