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126 RATING

(1) The system of rating in the Dunedin City shall be the capital value system.

(2) Until the Valuer-General is able to produce a valuation roll for the Dunedin City, Part XIV of the Rating Powers Act 1988 shall apply as if the Dunedin City 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 system of rating for the area of the former Green Island Borough shall be the annual value rating system.

127 TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING

(1) The Dunedin City Council shall not be required to prepare a new district scheme, immediately, for the Dunedin City.

(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 Dunedin City.

(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 thereof, then, subject to any resolution of the Dunedin City Council to the contrary, all such preparation shall be deemed to have been done by, or on behalf of, the Dunedin City Council and may be adopted and acted upon by it.

(4) Where before the date of commencement 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 that application or any objection thereto, the application shall be deemed to have been made to the Dunedin City 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 Dunedin City Council; or

(c) Such application had been either partly or fully heard or considered by the former authority but no decision thereon had been given, the application shall be heard or considered again by the Dunedin City Council or, as the case may require, a committee or delegate thereof.

128 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 Dunedin City until a new plan is approved for the Dunedin City, in accordance with the Civil Defence Act 1983.

129 VESTING OF PROPERTY

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

(2) All property, real and personal, vested in the corporation of a former authority, other than the Maniototo County Council and the Waihemo 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 Dunedin City Council, subject to all existing encumbrances.

130 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 Dunedin City Council by clause 129 of this order shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be read as a reference to “The Dunedin City Council”.

131 TRANSITIONAL COMMITTEE

(1) The local authorities named in subclause (2) of this clause shall unite in appointing a transitional committee for the Dunedin City.

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

(a) The Silverpeaks County Council; and
(b) The Mosgiel Borough Council; and
(c) The St Kilda Borough Council; and
(d) The Green Island Borough Council; and
(e) The Port Chalmers Borough Council; and
(f) The former Dunedin City Council; and
(g) The Ocean Beach Domain Board; and
(h) The Dunedin Drainage and Sewerage Board.

132 MEMBERSHIP OF TRANSITIONAL COMMITTEE

(1) The transitional committee for the Dunedin City shall consist of:

(a) Two members appointed by the Silverpeaks County Council; and
(b) One member appointed by the Mosgiel Borough Council; and
(c) One member appointed by the St Kilda Borough Council; and
(d) One member appointed by the Green Island Borough Council; and
(e) One member appointed by the Port Chalmers Borough Council; and
(f) Four members appointed by the former Dunedin City Council; and
(g) One member appointed by the Ocean Beach Domain Board; and
(h) One member appointed by the Dunedin Drainage and Sewerage Board; and
(i) One officer appointed by each local authority named in clause 131(2) of this order, who shall be non-voting members of the transitional committee; and
(j) The Chief Executive designate, when appointed in accordance with clause 135 of this order, who shall be a non-voting member of the transitional committee; and
(k) One member appointed by the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions, being an employee of a local authority named in clause 131(2) of this order, who shall be a non-voting member of the transitional committee.

(2) Each member appointed by the former Dunedin City Council shall have 2 votes.

133 NO CASTING VOTE

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

134 EXCLUSION OF NON-VOTING MEMBERS

The transitional committee for the Dunedin City 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.

135 OBLIGATION OF TRANSITIONAL COMMITTEE TO APPOINT CHIEF EXECUTIVE

The transitional committee for the Dunedin City shall appoint a Chief Executive of the Dunedin City Council.