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(c) Two members elected by the electors of the Whenuakite Ward; and

(d) The persons elected from time to time as members of the Thames-Coromandel District Council, representing the wards comprising the area of the community, and appointed by the Thames-Coromandel District Council to the community board.

(5) The community board for the Thames Community shall consist of:

(a) Four members elected by the electors of the Thames Ward; and

(b) One member elected by the electors of the Hastings Ward; and

(c) One member elected by the electors of the Puriri Ward; and

(d) Not more than 4 persons elected from time to time as members of the Thames-Coromandel District Council, representing the wards comprising the area of the community, and appointed by the Thames-Coromandel District Council to the community board.

(6) 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 former Thames-Coromandel District Council.

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

147 RATING

The system of rating in the Thames-Coromandel District shall be the land value system.

148 TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING

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

(2) The operative district scheme and the proposed district scheme under the Town and Country Planning Act 1977 of the former Thames-Coromandel District Council shall be deemed to be the operative district scheme or, as the case may be, the proposed district scheme, of the Thames-Coromandel District.

(3) Where the former Thames-Coromandel District Council 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 Thames-Coromandel District Council to the contrary, all such preparation shall be deemed to have been done by, or on behalf of, the Thames-Coromandel 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 the former Thames-Coromandel District Council 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 Thames-Coromandel 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 Thames-Coromandel District Council; or

(c) Such application had been heard 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 Thames-Coromandel District Council or, as the case may require, a committee or delegate thereof.

149 CIVIL DEFENCE

The operative local civil defence plan for the former Thames-Coromandel District shall continue in force in the Thames-Coromandel District until a new plan is approved for the Thames-Coromandel District, in accordance with the Civil Defence Act 1983.

150 VESTING OF PROPERTY

All property, real and personal, vested in the corporation of any former authority is hereby vested in the corporation of the Thames-Coromandel District Council, subject to all existing encumbrances.

151 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 Thames-Coromandel District Council by clause 150 of this order shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be read as a reference to “The Thames-Coromandel District Council”.

152 CONSULTATION WITH ADMINISTERING AUTHORITIES OF RESERVES

(1) The former Thames-Coromandel District Council shall consult with each administering body under the Reserves Act 1977 for each reserve whose functions, duties, and powers are, by this order, allocated to the Thames-Coromandel District Council.

(2) The consultation shall be for the purpose of discussing the possible establishment of a committee of management for each reserve being administered by those administering authorities.

(3) Where, following such consultation, the former Thames-Coromandel District Council considers it desirable that any committee or committees of management be established, the former Thames-Coromandel District Council shall recommend to the Thames-Coromandel District Council that it establish such a committee or committees of management.

PART IX
Hauraki District

153 CONSTITUTION OF HAURAKI DISTRICT

There is hereby constituted a district, to be known as “The Hauraki District”, which shall comprise the area delineated on S.O. Plan No. 57978 deposited with the Chief Surveyor of the South Auckland Land District.

154 HAURAKI DISTRICT COUNCIL

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

155 INTERPRETATION

In this Part of this order, “the former authorities” means:

(a) The Hauraki Plains County Council; and

(b) The Ohinemuri County Council; and

(c) The Paeroa Borough Council; and

(d) The Waihi Borough Council; and

(e) The Tauranga County Council; and

(f) The Mackaytown Domain Board; and

(g) The Kerepehi Recreation Reserve Board; and

(h) The Netherby Recreation Reserve Board; and

(i) The Waikino Recreation Reserve Board; and

(j) The Waitakaruru Recreation Reserve Board,

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

156 WARDS

(1) The Hauraki District is hereby divided into 3 wards.

(2) Those 3 wards are: