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planning of a regional council under the Town and Country Planning Act 1977 or any other Act; and

(c) The functions, duties, and powers in relation to maritime planning of a maritime planning authority under the Town and Country Planning Act 1977 or any other Act; and

(d) The functions, duties, and powers of a catchment board and a regional water board under the Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Act 1941 and the Water and Soil Conservation Act 1967 or any other Act; and

(e) The functions, duties, and powers in relation to civil defence of a regional council under the Civil Defence Act 1983 or any other Act; and

(f) Except as otherwise provided in this order, the functions, duties, and powers of a harbour board under the Harbours Act 1950 and the Marine Pollution Act 1974 or any other Act; and

(g) The functions, duties, and powers of a pest destruction board under the Agricultural Pests Destruction Act 1967 or any other Act; and

(h) The functions, duties, and powers of a district noxious plants authority under the Noxious Plants Act 1978 or any other Act.

17 RURAL SERVICES COMMITTEE

(1) The Taranaki Regional Council shall, at least until the 1st day of November 1995, establish and maintain a Rural Services Committee.

(2) The Rural Services Committee shall be responsible for:

(a) Agricultural pests destruction; and

(b) Noxious plants control; and

(c) Any other functions considered by the Taranaki Regional Council to be of particular concern to the rural community.

(3) The persons appointed by the Taranaki Regional Council to the Rural Services Committee established under this clause shall include not less than 2 persons:

(a) Who are not members of that Council; but

(b) Who, in the opinion of the Council, have knowledge that will assist the work of the Committee.

18 JOINT COMMITTEE

The Taranaki Regional Council shall, at least until the 1st day of November 1995, unite with the Waikato Regional Council, the Bay of Plenty Regional Council, the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council and the Manawatu-Wanganui Regional Council in appointing a joint committee, comprising an equal number of representatives of those councils, for the purpose of:

(a) Co-ordinating planning for the control of those agricultural pests and noxious plants of particular concern in relation to their regions; and

(b) Co-ordinating action on such other matters as the Councils are jointly interested.

19 REGIONAL LAND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE

(1) The Taranaki Regional Council shall establish and maintain a Regional Land Transport Committee.

(2) The Regional Land Transport Committee shall be responsible for:

(a) Regional roading within the region under Part XXII of the Local Government Act 1974; and

(b) Such transport or other roading responsibilities as may from time to time, pursuant to any Act, become a function of a regional council; and

(c) Such other functions as the Taranaki Regional Council considers appropriate.

20 HARBOUR COMMITTEE

(1) The Taranaki Regional Council shall, at least until the 1st day of November 1995, establish and maintain a Taranaki Harbour Committee.

(2) The Taranaki Harbour Committee shall be responsible for:

(a) Navigation and safety within those areas within harbour limits for which the Taranaki Regional Council is from time to time responsible; and

(b) Any other matter associated with the regulation of those areas other than maritime planning; and

(c) Such other functions as that Council considers appropriate.

(3) The persons appointed by the Taranaki Regional Council to the Taranaki Harbour Committee established under this clause shall include not less than 2 persons:

(a) Who are not members of the Council; but

(b) Who, in the opinion of the Council, have knowledge that will assist the work of the Committee.

21 ADMINISTRATION HEADQUARTERS

Until the Taranaki Regional Council otherwise resolves, the administration headquarters of that Council shall be located in Stratford.

22 RATING

(1) Without limiting the powers of the Taranaki Regional Council under the Rating Powers Act 1988 to make and levy any rate under a different system of rating, the system of rating in the Taranaki Region shall be the capital value system.

(2) The Taranaki Regional Council shall exercise within the Taranaki Region or any part thereof:

(a) Any rating powers possessed by any former authority; and

(b) Any power to make and levy assessments relating to the functions and powers possessed by any former authority.

(3) Subject to subclause (7) of this clause, and until at least the 30th day of June 1992, all rates made by the Taranaki Regional Council shall be levied and collected by the constituent authorities of the Taranaki Region as if an agreement had been made under section 127(1) of the Rating Powers Act 1988.

(4) Where a rate to which subclause (3) of this clause applies has been made on a different rating system to that which applies in the district of the constituent authority by which the rate is to be collected, that rate shall be levied and collected by the constituent authority:

(a) On the system of rating in force in the district of the constituent authority; or

(b) On the system of rating upon which the rate was made by the Taranaki Regional Council.

(5) Where any rate to which subclause (3) of this clause applies is made by the Taranaki Regional Council in respect of an area of benefit, it shall be levied and collected by the constituent authority or authorities within which that area of benefit is located and, where appropriate, according to any graduated scale applying to that rate.

(6) Subject to subclause (7) of this clause, the Taranaki Regional Council shall, for the purpose of:

(a) Reimbursing each constituent authority for costs incurred in the levying and collecting of rates (including goods and services tax); and

(b) Paying reasonable remuneration for clerical and other work,

pay to each constituent authority an amount equal to 2 percent of the total amount of rates, including goods and services tax, collected by that constituent authority on behalf of that Council.

(7) The Taranaki Regional Council and the constituent authorities may, by unanimous agreement, resolve:

(a) That, at any time after the 1st day of July 1990, that Council shall levy and collect all or any rates directly; or