2500 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 99

57 EXCLUSION OF NON-VOTING MEMBERS

The transitional committee for the Wellington City 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.

58 PRINCIPAL LOCAL AUTHORITY

The principal local authority for the transitional committee for the Wellington City shall be the former Wellington City Council.

59 COSTS OF TRANSITIONAL COMMITTEE

The costs of the transitional committee for the Wellington City (including the costs of providing administrative services to it) shall be borne and paid by the local authorities named in clause 54(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 Wellington City,

as the case may be, bears to the total of the populations (as at the time of that census) of all of the districts of the local authorities or parts of the districts of the local authorities to be included in the Wellington City.

PART IV

Porirua City

60 CONSTITUTION OF PORIRUA CITY

There is hereby constituted a district, to be known as “The Porirua City”, which shall comprise the area delineated on S.O. Plan No. 35967 deposited with the Chief Surveyor of the Wellington Land District.

61 PORIRUA CITY COUNCIL

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

62 INTERPRETATION

In this Part of this order:

“Former authority” means the Porirua City Council, and any reference to “former authority” shall be a reference to the former authority named in this clause:

“Former Porirua City” means the Porirua City in existence immediately before the coming into force of this clause of this order:

“Former Porirua City Council” means the Porirua City Council in existence immediately before the coming into force of this clause of this order:

“Porirua City” means the Porirua City constituted by this order:

“Porirua City Council” means the Porirua City Council constituted by this order.

63 WARDS

(1) The Porirua City is hereby divided into 5 wards.

(2) Those 5 wards are:

(a) The Titahi Bay Ward, comprising the area delineated on S.O. Plan No. 35968 deposited with the Chief Surveyor of the Wellington Land District:

(b) The Cannons Creek Ward, comprising the area delineated on S.O. Plan No. 35969 deposited with the Chief Surveyor of the Wellington Land District:

(c) The Tairangi Ward, comprising the area delineated on S.O. Plan No. 35970 deposited with the Chief Surveyor of the Wellington Land District:

(d) The Horokiri Ward, comprising the area delineated on S.O. Plan No. 35971 deposited with the Chief Surveyor of the Wellington Land District:

(e) The Plimmerton Ward, comprising the area delineated on S.O. Plan No. 35972 deposited with the Chief Surveyor of the Wellington Land District.

64 MEMBERSHIP

(1) The Porirua City Council shall consist of a Mayor and 13 members.

(2) The members of the Porirua City Council to be elected at the first election of that Council shall be elected as follows:

(a) Three members shall be elected by the electors of the Titahi Bay Ward; and

(b) Four members shall be elected by the electors of the Cannons Creek Ward; and

(c) Two members shall be elected by the electors of the Tairangi Ward; and

(d) Two members shall be elected by the electors of the Horokiri Ward; and

(e) Two members shall be elected by the electors of the Plimmerton Ward.

65 FIRST ELECTION

(1) For the purposes of the first election of the Porirua City Council, the Returning Officer and the principal administrative officer for the Porirua City shall be, respectively, the Returning Officer and the principal administrative officer for the former Porirua City.

(2) The first election of the Porirua City Council shall be conducted by postal vote.

66 FIRST MEETING

The first meeting of the Porirua City Council:

(a) Shall be convened by the principal administrative officer of that Council; and

(b) Shall be held no later than the 14th day of November 1989.

67 CHIEF EXECUTIVE

(1) The Chief Executive of the Porirua City Council shall be the person holding the position of Chief Executive of the former Porirua City Council immediately before the coming into force of this clause.

(2) The Chief Executive shall be the principal administrative officer of the Porirua City Council.

68 FUNCTIONS, DUTIES, AND POWERS

The functions, duties, and powers of the Porirua City Council shall be:

(a) The functions, duties, and powers of a territorial authority under—

(i) The Local Government Act 1974; and

(ii) Any other public Act relating to the Porirua City Council or the former authority; and

(iii) Any local Act relating to the Porirua City Council or the former authority; and

(b) The functions, duties, and powers of an administering body under the Reserves Act 1977 in respect of the reserves being administered by the former authority immediately before the coming into force of this clause.