2440 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 99

(d) Riverton; and

(e) Halfmoon Bay,

a service delivery centre, in accordance with the provisions of the Third Schedule to this order.

93 COMMUNITIES

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

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

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

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

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

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

(f) The area of the Stewart Island Ward, to be known as “The Stewart Island 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 Southland District Council, representing the ward comprising the area of the community, and appointed by the Southland District Council to the community board.

(3) There are hereby constituted communities for each of the following:

(a) A community to be known as “The Balfour Community”, comprising that area delineated on S.O. Plan No. 11515 deposited with the Chief Surveyor of the Southland Land District; and

(b) A community to be known as “The Edendale Community”, comprising that area delineated on S.O. Plan No. 11517 deposited with the Chief Surveyor of the Southland Land District; and

(c) A community to be known as “The Lumsden Community”, comprising that area delineated on S.O. Plan No. 11514 deposited with the Chief Surveyor of the Southland Land District; and

(d) A community to be known as “The Riversdale Community”, comprising that area delineated on S.O. Plan No. 11516 deposited with the Chief Surveyor of the Southland Land District; and

(e) A community to be known as “The Wallacetown Community”, comprising that area delineated on S.O. Plan No. 11519 deposited with the Chief Surveyor of the Southland Land District; and

(f) A community to be known as “The Wyndham Community”, comprising that area delineated on S.O. Plan No. 11518 deposited with the Chief Surveyor of the Southland Land District.

(4) The community board for each community constituted by subclause (3) of this clause shall consist of:

(a) Six members elected by the electors of the community; and

(b) One person elected from time to time as a member of the Southland District Council representing the ward including the area of the community, and appointed by the Southland District Council to the community board.

(5) 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 Southland County.

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

94 RATING

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

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

95 TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING

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

96 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 Southland District until a new plan is approved for the Southland District, in accordance with the Civil Defence Act 1983.

97 VESTING OF PROPERTY

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

(2) All property, real and personal, vested in the corporation of any former authority, other than the former authorities named in paragraphs (e) to (h) of clause 83 of this order, and situated in a district in which that former authority is not also a former authority, is hereby vested in the corporation of the Southland District Council... subject to all existing encumbrances.

(3) All that land named in the Fourth Schedule to this order together with all plant, fixtures, and fittings normally located or based thereon is hereby vested in the corporation of the Southland District Council... subject to all existing encumbrances.