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district scheme or, as the case may be, the proposed district scheme, of the Matamata—Piako District.

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

192 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 Matamata-Piako District until a new plan is approved for the Matamata-Piako District, in accordance with the Civil Defence Act 1983.

193 VESTING OF PROPERTY

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

(2) All property, real and personal, vested in the corporation of any former authority, other than those former authorities named in paragraphs (b), (f), and (g) of clause 180 of this order, and situated in a district in which that former authority is not also a former authority, is hereby vested in the corporation of the Matamata-Piako District Council, subject to all existing encumbrances.

194 TITLE TO PROPERTY

Any reference, express or implied, to any former authority or other document, or in any entry or record made in any register in relation to any property vested in the Matamata-Piako District Council by clause 193 of this order shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be read as a reference to “The Matamata-Piako District Council”.

195 TRANSITIONAL COMMITTEE

(1) The local authorities named in subclause (2) of this clause shall unite in appointing a transitional committee for the Matamata-Piako District.

(2) The local authorities to which this clause applies shall be:

(a) The Piako County Council; and

(b) The Matamata County Council; and

(c) The Morrinsville Borough Council; and

(d) The Matamata Borough Council; and

(e) The Te Aroha Borough Council; and

(f) The Ohinemuri County Council.

196 MEMBERSHIP OF TRANSITIONAL COMMITTEE

The transitional committee for the Matamata-Piako District shall consist of:

(a) Two members appointed by the Morrinsville Borough Council; and

(b) Two members appointed by the Matamata Borough Council; and

(c) One member appointed by the Te Aroha Borough Council; and

(d) Three members appointed by the Piako County Council; and

(e) Two members appointed by the Matamata County Council; and

(f) One member appointed by the Ohinemuri County Council, who shall be a non-voting member of the transitional committee; and

(g) One officer appointed by each local authority, named in clause 195(2) of this order, who shall be non-voting members of the transitional committee; and

(h) The Chief Executive designate, when appointed in accordance with clause 199 of this order, who shall be a non-voting member of the transitional committee; and

(i) One member appointed by the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions, being an employee of a local authority named in clause 195(2) of this order, who shall be a non-voting member of the transitional committee.

197 NO CASTING VOTE

The Chairperson of the transitional committee for the Matamata-Piako District or other person presiding at any meeting of the committee shall not have a casting vote in the case of equality of votes.

198 EXCLUSION OF NON-VOTING MEMBERS

The transitional committee for the Matamata-Piako District may resolve to exclude any non-voting member of that committee from any meeting or part of a meeting where it proposes to consider any matter that affects that member personally.

199 OBLIGATION OF TRANSITIONAL COMMITTEE TO APPOINT CHIEF EXECUTIVE

The transitional committee for the Matamata-Piako District shall appoint a person to be the Chief Executive of the Matamata-Piako District Council.

200 PRINCIPAL LOCAL AUTHORITY

The principal local authority for the transitional committee for the Matamata-Piako District shall be the Piako County Council.

201 COSTS OF TRANSITIONAL COMMITTEE

The costs of the transitional committee for the Matamata-Piako District (including the costs of providing administrative services to it) shall be borne and paid by the local authorities named in clause 195(2) of this order either:

(a) In accordance with a formula agreed to by that committee; or

(b) If there is no such agreement, in accordance with the following formula—

The proportion of those costs to be borne and paid by each local authority shall equal the proportion that the population (as at the time of the Census of Population and Dwellings held on the 4th day of March 1986) of:

(i) The district of that local authority; or

(ii) Those parts of the district of that local authority to be included in the Matamata-Piako District,

as the case may be, bears to the total of the populations (as