13 JUNE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 2437

59 GORE DISTRICT COUNCIL

A territorial authority, to be known as "The Gore District Council", is hereby constituted for the Gore District.

60 INTERPRETATION

In this Part of this order, "the former authorities" means:

(a) The Gore Borough Council; and

(b) The Mataura Borough Council; and

(c) The Southland County Council; and

(d) The Clutha County Council,

and any reference to "former authority" shall be a reference to any of the former authorities named in this clause.

61 WARDS

(1) The Gore District is hereby divided into 7 wards.

(2) Those 7 wards are:

(a) The Jacobstown Ward, comprising the area delineated on S.O. Plan No. 11486 deposited with the Chief Surveyor of the Southland Land District:

(b) The Longford Ward, comprising the area delineated on S.O. Plan No. 11485 deposited with the Chief Surveyor of the Southland Land District:

(c) The Charlton Ward, comprising the area delineated on S.O. Plan No. 11487 deposited with the Chief Surveyor of the Southland Land District:

(d) The Mataura Ward, comprising the area delineated on S.O. Plan No. 11488 deposited with the Chief Surveyor of the Southland Land District:

(e) The Waikaka Ward, comprising the area delineated on S.O. Plan No. 11482 deposited with the Chief Surveyor of the Southland Land District:

(f) The Waimumu Ward, comprising the area delineated on S.O. Plan No. 11483 deposited with the Chief Surveyor of the Southland Land District:

(g) The Kaiwera Ward, comprising the area delineated on S.O. Plan No. 11484 deposited with the Chief Surveyor of the Southland Land District.

62 MEMBERSHIP

(1) The Gore District Council shall consist of a Mayor and 11 members.

(2) The members of the Gore District Council to be elected at the first election of that Council shall be elected as follows:

(a) Two members shall be elected by the electors of the Jacobstown Ward; and

(b) Two members shall be elected by the electors of the Longford Ward; and

(c) Two members shall be elected by the electors of the Charlton Ward; and

(d) Two members shall be elected by the electors of the Mataura Ward; and

(e) One member shall be elected by the electors of the Waikaka Ward; and

(f) One member shall be elected by the electors of the Waimumu Ward; and

(g) One member shall be elected by the electors of the Kaiwera Ward.

63 FIRST ELECTION

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

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

64 FIRST MEETING

The first meeting of the Gore 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.

65 CHIEF EXECUTIVE

(1) The Chief Executive of the Gore District Council shall be the person appointed to that position in accordance with clause 78 of this order.

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

66 FUNCTIONS, DUTIES, AND POWERS

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

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

(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.

67 ADMINISTRATION HEADQUARTERS

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

68 SERVICE DELIVERY CENTRE

The Gore District Council shall, at least until the 1st day of November 1992, establish and maintain in Mataura, a service delivery centre, in accordance with the provisions of the Third Schedule to this order.

69 RATING

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

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

70 TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING

(1) The Gore District Council shall not be required to prepare a new district scheme, immediately, for the Gore 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 Gore 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 Gore District Council to the contrary, all such preparation shall be deemed to have been done by, or on behalf of, the Gore 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