13 JUNE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 2477

129 ADMINISTRATION HEADQUARTERS

The administration headquarters of the Waitomo District Council shall be located in Te Kuiti.

130 PIOPIO COMMUNITY

(1) There is hereby constituted a community, to be known as “The Piopio Community”, comprising the area delineated on S.O. Plan No. 58100 deposited with the Chief Surveyor of the South Auckland Land District.

(2) The community board for the Piopio Community 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 Waitomo District Council, representing the ward including the area of the community, and appointed by the Waitomo District Council to the community board.

(3) The Returning Officer for the first election of the community board for the community constituted by this clause shall be the Returning Officer for the former Waitomo District.

(4) The first election of the community board for the community constituted by this clause shall be conducted by postal vote.

131 RATING

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

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

132 TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING

(1) The Waitomo District Council shall not be required to prepare a new district scheme, immediately, for the Waitomo 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 Waitomo District.

(3) Where any former authority had, prior to its dissolution, begun the preparation of any review of its district scheme or any change or variation thereto, then, subject to any resolution of the Waitomo District Council to the contrary, all such preparation shall be deemed to have been done by, or on behalf of, the Waitomo 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 former authority or any committee thereof had begun to hear such application or any objection thereto, the application shall be deemed to have been made to the Waitomo 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 Waitomo 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 Waitomo District Council or, as the case may require, a committee or delegate thereof.

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

134 VESTING OF PROPERTY

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

(2) All property, real and personal, vested in the corporation of the former Waitomo District Council and situated in a district in which that council is not also a former authority, is hereby vested in the corporation of the Waitomo District Council, subject to all existing encumbrances.

135 TITLE TO PROPERTY

Any reference, express or implied, to any former authority in any instrument or other document, or in any entry or record made in any register in relation to any property vested in the Waitomo District Council by clause 134 of this order shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be read as a reference to “The Waitomo District Council”.

PART VIII

Thames-Coromandel District

136 CONSTITUTION OF THAMES-COROMANDEL DISTRICT

There is hereby constituted a district, to be known as “The Thames-Coromandel District”, which shall comprise the area delineated on S.O. Plan No. 57967 deposited with the Chief Surveyor of the South Auckland Land District.

137 THAMES-COROMANDEL DISTRICT COUNCIL

A territorial authority, to be known as “The Thames-Coromandel District Council”, is hereby constituted for the Thames-Coromandel District.

138 INTERPRETATION

In this Part of this order:

“The former authorities” means—

(a) The former Thames-Coromandel District Council; and

(b) The Kuotunu Recreation Reserve Board; and

(c) The Ngarimu Recreation Reserve Board; and

(d) The Tapu Flat Recreation Reserve Board; and

(e) The Waikawau Domain Board,

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

“Former Thames-Coromandel District” means the Thames-Coromandel District in existence immediately before the coming into force of this clause of this order;

“Former Thames-Coromandel District Council” means the Thames-Coromandel District Council in existence immediately before the coming into force of this clause of this order;

“Thames-Coromandel District” means the Thames-Coromandel District constituted by this order;

“Thames-Coromandel District Council” means the Thames-Coromandel District Council constituted by this order.

139 WARDS

(1) The Thames-Coromandel District is hereby divided into 9 wards.

(2) Those 9 wards are: