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respectively, the Returning Officer and the principal administrative officer for the former Masterton District.

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

145 FIRST MEETING

The first meeting of the Masterton District 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.

146 CHIEF EXECUTIVE

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

(2) The Chief Executive shall be the principal administrative officer of the Masterton District Council.

147 FUNCTIONS, DUTIES, AND POWERS

The functions, duties, and powers of the Masterton District 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 Masterton District Council or any of the former authorities; and

(iii) Any local Act relating to the Masterton District 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.

148 ADMINISTRATION HEADQUARTERS

The administration headquarters of the Masterton District Council shall be located in Masterton.

149 RATING

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

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

150 TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING

(1) The Masterton District Council shall not be required to prepare a new district scheme, immediately, for the Masterton 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 Masterton 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 thereof, then, subject to any resolution of the Masterton District Council to the contrary, all such preparation shall be deemed to have been done by, or on behalf of, the Masterton 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 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 Masterton 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 Masterton District Council; or

(c) Such application had been either partly or fully heard or considered by the former authority but no decision thereon had been given, the application shall be heard or considered again by the Masterton District Council or, as the case may require, a committee or delegate thereof.

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

152 VESTING OF PROPERTY

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

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

153 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 Masterton District Council by clause 152 of this order shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be read as a reference to “The Masterton District Council”.

154 CONSULTATION WITH ADMINISTERING AUTHORITIES OF RESERVES

(1) The former Masterton District Council shall meet with the Rangitumau Scenic Reserve Board, the Mauriceville Recreation Reserve Board, and the Hastwell Scenic Reserve Board, for the purpose of discussing the possible establishment of a committee of management for each reserve being administered by those administering authorities.

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

PART IX

Carterton District

155 CONSTITUTION OF CARTERON DISTRICT

There is hereby constituted a district, to be known as “The Carterton District”, which shall comprise the area delineated on S.O. Plan No. 35993 deposited with the Chief Surveyor of the Wellington Land District.

156 CARTERON DISTRICT COUNCIL

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

157 INTERPRETATION

In this Part of this order: