NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 99

former authorities shall continue to be made and levied on the same basis as applied before the 1st day of November 1989:

Provided that the local authorities constituted by this order may at any time before the 1st day of November 1996 review the basis upon which any such rate is made and levied and may, with the approval of the Local Government Commission, resolve to vary such basis.

110 ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

The provisions of section 60 of the Local Government Amendment Act (No. 2) 1989 shall apply in relation to the apportionment of the assets and liabilities of the former authorities, as defined in Parts II to V of this order, as if this order did not make provision for the apportionment of those assets and liabilities:

Provided that there shall be no apportionment of the assets and liabilities of the Taranaki Harbours Board pursuant to this clause.

111 LOAN LIABILITIES

Subject to section 37F(2) of the Local Government Act 1974, all loan liabilities existing immediately before the 1st day of November 1989, shall continue to be secured against the area over which they were secured at that date.

112 RESIDUAL AUTHORITIES

In the case of a former authority listed in the Fifth Schedule to this order, the local authority that shall be responsible for:

(a) The preparation of the annual financial statement for that former authority for the financial year commencing on the 1st day of April 1989 and for any earlier financial years for which an annual financial statement has not been prepared or, in the case of the Taranaki Harbours Board, for the financial year commencing on the 1st day of October 1989 and for any earlier financial years for which an annual financial statement has not been prepared; and

(b) The documents (as defined in section 248 of the Local Government Act 1974) and local archives (as so defined) of that former authority, other than those documents or local archives relating to a specified area or function,

shall be the local authority designated in that Schedule as a residual authority in relation to that former authority.

113 CONDUCT OF AFFAIRS

The provisions of section 223C of the Local Government Act 1974 relating to the conduct of affairs of local authorities and community boards applies to the local authorities and community boards constituted by this order.

SCHEDULES

First Schedule

PART I

Local Authorities Dissolved and Districts Abolished

PART II

Local Authorities Dissolved

Egmont District Noxious Plants Authority
Eltham District Noxious Plants Authority
Hawera District Noxious Plants Authority
North Taranaki District Noxious Plants Authority
Taranaki County-New Plymouth District Noxious Plants Authority
Patea District Noxious Plants Authority
Stratford District Noxious Plants Authority
Clifton County Pest Destruction Board
North Taranaki District Pest Destruction Board
Stratford District Pest Destruction Board
Waimate Plains District Pest Destruction Board
Eltham District Pest Destruction Board
Inglewood District Pest Destruction Board
Egmont County Pest Destruction Board
Hawera District Pest Destruction Board
Patea District Pest Destruction Board
Pukearuhe Domain Board
Okato Domain Board
Upper Mangorei Domain Board
Huirangi Domain Board

Second Schedule

Community Councils Dissolved and Communities Abolished

Third Schedule

Service Delivery Centres

A service delivery centre shall provide services not less than those required for:

(a) the payment of money due to the council; and

(b) the provision of information relating to rates and other accounts due to the council; and

(c) the provision of information relating to the district planning scheme, bylaws or information otherwise necessary for the preparation of town planning applications, and permit applications; and

(d) the provision of information relating to community development and recreation; and

(e) the making of rates rebate applications; and

(f) the making of applications for housing accommodation; and

(g) the registration of dogs; and

(h) such other purposes as the council considers appropriate.

Fourth Schedule

Land To Be Vested In The New Plymouth District Council