NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 99

65 Chief executive
66 Functions, duties, and powers
67 Harbour committee
68 Administration headquarters
69 Service delivery centre
70 Runanga Community
71 Rating
72 Town and country planning
73 Civil defence
74 Vesting of property
75 Title to property
76 Transitional committee
77 Membership of transitional committee
78 No casting vote
79 Exclusion of non-voting members
80 Obligation of transitional committee to appoint chief executive
81 Principal local authority
82 Costs of transitional committee
83 Consultation with administering authorities of reserves

PART V

WESTLAND DISTRICT

84 Constitution of Westland District
85 Westland District Council
86 Interpretation
87 Wards
88 Membership
89 First election
90 First meeting
91 Chief executive
92 Functions, duties, and powers
93 Administration headquarters

94 Rating
95 Town and country planning
96 Civil defence
97 Vesting of property
98 Title to property
99 Transitional committee
100 Membership of transitional committee
101 No casting vote
102 Exclusion of non-voting members
103 Obligation of transitional committee to appoint chief executive
104 Principal local authority
105 Costs of transitional committee
106 Consultation with administering authorities of reserves

PART VI

Greymouth Harbour Board

107 Vesting of property
108 Title to property
109 Finance

PART VII

GENERAL

110 Transfer of responsibilities
111 Creditors
112 Local authorities petroleum tax
113 Special funds
114 Loans
115 Assets and liabilities
116 Loan liabilities
117 Residual authorities
118 Conduct of affairs

Schedules

O r d e r

1 TITLE AND COMMENCEMENT

(1) This order may be cited as the Local Government (West Coast Region) Reorganisation Order 1989.

(2) Subject to subclause (3) of this clause, this order shall come into force on the 1st day of November 1989.

(3) Those provisions of this order necessary:

(a) To provide for the first election of the members of the local authorities, and the members of the community boards for the communities, constituted by this order; and

(b) For the purposes of clauses 25 to 32, 50 to 57, 76 to 83, 99 to 106 and 115 of this order; and

(c) For the appointment of the principal administrative officers of the local authorities constituted by this order, shall come into force on the making of this order.

2 ELECTIONS

The first elections of the local authorities, and the community boards for the communities constituted by this order shall be held on the 14th day of October 1989.

3 COMMUNITIES

Each community constituted by this order shall come into existence on the day after the date on which the Returning Officer declares the result of the first election of members of the community board for that community, provided that no such community shall come into existence prior to the 1st day of November 1989.

PART I

West Coast Region

4 CONSTITUTION OF WEST COAST REGION

There is hereby constituted a region, to be known as “The West Coast Region”, which shall comprise the area delineated on S.O. Plan No. 11466 deposited with the Chief Surveyor of the Westland Land District.

5 CONSTITUENT AUTHORITIES

The constituent authorities of the West Coast Region shall comprise:

(a) The territorial authorities constituted by Parts III to V of this order; and

(b) In relation to any part of the Tasman District constituted by the Local Government (Nelson-Marlborough Region) Reorganisation Order 1989 that is within the West Coast Region, the Tasman District Council.

6 DISSOLUTION OF EXISTING LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND ABOLITION OF EXISTING DISTRICTS

(1) Every local authority named in Part I or Part II of the First Schedule to this order is hereby dissolved.

(2) Every district named in Part I of the First Schedule to this order is hereby abolished.