2506 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 99

121 PRINCIPAL LOCAL AUTHORITY

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

122 COSTS OF TRANSITIONAL COMMITTEE

(1) The costs of the transitional committee for the Lower Hutt City including the costs of providing administrative services to it shall be borne and paid by the local authorities named in clause 116(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 gross revenue of the local authority for the year ending on the 31st day of March 1988 bears to the gross revenue of all the local authorities to which this clause applies, for that year.

(2) For the purposes of this clause the gross revenue of a local authority shall be the gross revenue reasonably related to the area of a local authority which is to be included in Lower Hutt City or any function of a local authority which is to be transferred to the Lower Hutt City Council, whichever is applicable.

PART VII

Upper Hutt City

123 CONSTITUTION OF UPPER HUTT CITY

There is hereby constituted a district, to be known as “The Upper Hutt City”, which shall comprise the area delineated on S.O. Plan No. 35985 deposited with the Chief Surveyor of the Wellington Land District.

124 UPPER HUTT CITY COUNCIL

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

125 INTERPRETATION

In this Part of this order:

“The former authorities” means—

(a) The former Upper Hutt City Council; and

(b) The Porirua City Council,

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

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

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

“Upper Hutt City” means the Upper Hutt City constituted by this order:

“Upper Hutt City Council” means the Upper Hutt City Council constituted by this order.

126 WARDS

(1) The Upper Hutt City is hereby divided into 4 wards.

(2) Those 4 wards are:

(a) The Northern Ward, comprising the area delineated on S.O. Plan No. 35986 deposited with the Chief Surveyor of the Wellington Land District:

(b) The Central Ward, comprising the area delineated on S.O. Plan No. 35987 deposited with the Chief Surveyor of the Wellington Land District:

(c) The Southern Ward, comprising the area delineated on S.O. Plan No. 35988 deposited with the Chief Surveyor of the Wellington Land District:

(d) The Rural Ward, comprising the area delineated on S.O. Plan No. 35989 deposited with the Chief Surveyor of the Wellington Land District.

127 MEMBERSHIP

(1) The Upper Hutt City Council shall consist of a Mayor and 12 members.

(2) The members of the Upper Hutt City Council to be elected at the first election of the District Council shall be elected as follows:

(a) Four members shall be elected by the electors of the Northern Ward; and

(b) Three members shall be elected by the electors of the Central Ward; and

(c) Four members shall be elected by the electors of the Southern Ward; and

(d) One member shall be elected by the electors of the Rural Ward.

128 FIRST ELECTION

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

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

129 FIRST MEETING

The first meeting of the Upper Hutt 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.

130 CHIEF EXECUTIVE

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

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

131 FUNCTIONS, DUTIES, AND POWERS

The functions, duties, and powers of the Upper Hutt 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 Upper Hutt City Council or any of the former authorities; and

(iii) Any local Act relating to the Upper Hutt City Council or any of the former authorities; 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 authorities immediately before the coming into force of this clause.

132 ADMINISTRATION HEADQUARTERS

The administration headquarters of the Upper Hutt City Council shall be located in Upper Hutt.

133 SERVICE DELIVERY CENTRE

The Upper Hutt City Council shall, at least until the 1st day of November 1995, establish and maintain a service delivery centre in the Southern Ward, in accordance with the provisions of the Third Schedule to this order.