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8 DISSOLUTION OF EXISTING COMMUNITY COUNCILS AND ABOLITION OF EXISTING COMMUNITIES

(1) Every community council named in the Second Schedule to this order is hereby dissolved.

(2) Every community named in the Second Schedule to this order is hereby abolished.

PART II

Taranaki Regional Council

9 TARANAKI REGIONAL COUNCIL

A regional council, to be known as “The Taranaki Regional Council”, is hereby constituted for the Taranaki Region.

10 INTERPRETATION

In this Part of this order:

“The former authorities” means—

(a) The Taranaki United Council; and

(b) The Taranaki Catchment Board and Regional Water Board; and

(c) The Egmont District Noxious Plants Authority; and

(d) The Eltham District Noxious Plants Authority; and

(e) The Hawera District Noxious Plants Authority; and

(f) The North Taranaki District Noxious Plants Authority; and

(g) The Taranaki County-New Plymouth District Noxious Plants Authority; and

(h) The Patea District Noxious Plants Authority; and

(i) The Stratford District Noxious Plants Authority; and

(j) The Clifton County Pest Destruction Board; and

(k) The North Taranaki District Pest Destruction Board; and

(l) The Stratford District Pest Destruction Board; and

(m) The Waimate Plains District Pest Destruction Board; and

(n) The Eltham District Pest Destruction Board; and

(o) The Inglewood District Pest Destruction Board; and

(p) The Egmont County Pest Destruction Board; and

(q) The Hawera District Pest Destruction Board; and

(r) The Patea District Pest Destruction Board; and

(s) Subject to Part VI of this order, the Taranaki Harbours Board; and

(t) The Wanganui United Council; and

(u) The South-West North Island Pest Destruction Board; and

(v) The Wanganui District Noxious Plants Authority; and

(w) The Tongariro United Council; and

(x) The Central North Island Pest Destruction Board; and

(y) The Taumarunui District Noxious Plants Authority,

and any reference to “former authority” shall be a reference to any of the former authorities named in this clause:

“Former Taranaki Region” means the Taranaki Region in existence immediately before the coming into force of this clause of this order:

“Taranaki Region” means the Taranaki Region constituted by this order.

11 CONSTITUENCIES

(1) The Taranaki Region is hereby divided into 4 constituencies.

(2) Those 4 constituencies are:

(a) The New Plymouth Constituency, comprising the area delineated on S.O. Plan No. 13044 deposited with the Chief Surveyor of the Taranaki Land District:

(b) The North Taranaki Constituency, comprising the area delineated on S.O. Plan No. 13045 deposited with the Chief Surveyor of the Taranaki Land District:

(c) The Stratford Constituency, comprising the area delineated on S.O. Plan No. 13046 deposited with the Chief Surveyor of the Taranaki Land District:

(d) The South Taranaki Constituency, comprising the area delineated on S.O. Plan No. 13047 deposited with the Chief Surveyor of the Taranaki Land District.

12 MEMBERSHIP

The Taranaki Regional Council shall consist of 11 members, of whom:

(a) Four members shall be elected by the electors of the New Plymouth Constituency; and

(b) Three members shall be elected by the electors of the North Taranaki Constituency; and

(c) One member shall be elected by the electors of the Stratford Constituency; and

(d) Three members shall be elected by the electors of the South Taranaki Constituency.

13 FIRST ELECTION

(1) For the purposes of the first election of the Taranaki Regional Council:

(a) The Returning Officer for the New Plymouth Constituency and the North Taranaki Constituency shall be the Returning Officer for the New Plymouth City; and

(b) The Returning Officer for the Stratford Constituency shall be the Returning Officer for the Stratford District; and

(c) The Returning Officer for the South Taranaki Constituency shall be the Returning Officer for the Hawera District.

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

14 FIRST MEETING

(1) The principal administrative officer of the Taranaki Regional Council:

(a) Shall convene the first meeting of that Council, and

(b) Shall preside at the first meeting of that Council until the election of the Chairperson of that Council.

(2) The first meeting of the Taranaki Regional Council shall be held no later than the 14th day of November 1989.

15 CHIEF EXECUTIVE

(1) The Chief Executive of the Taranaki Regional Council shall be the person appointed to that position in accordance with clause 31 of this order.

(2) The Chief Executive shall be the principal administrative officer of the Taranaki Regional Council.

16 FUNCTIONS, DUTIES, AND POWERS

The functions, duties, and powers of the Taranaki Regional Council shall be:

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this order, the functions, duties, and powers of a regional council under—

(i) The Local Government Act 1974; and

(ii) The Urban Transport Act 1980; and

(iii) Any public Act relating to the Taranaki Regional Council or any of the former authorities and not expressly referred to in this clause; and

(iv) Any local Act relating to the Taranaki Regional Council or any of the former authorities; and

(b) The functions, duties, and powers in relation to regional