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7 REFERENCES TO FORMER AUTHORITY

(1) Every reference in this order to a former authority shall,
where part only of the district of a former authority has been
included within the district of a local authority or any function
of a former authority has been allocated to a local authority, be
read as a reference to the former authority only in relation to
that part, or, as the case may be, that function.

(2) Any reference in Part VII of this order to “the former
authorities” or “former authority” shall be a reference to any
of the former authorities defined in Parts II to V of this clause.

8 DISSOLUTION OF EXISTING COMMUNITY COUNCIL AND ABOLITION OF EXISTING COMMUNITY

(1) The Karoro Community Council is hereby dissolved.

(2) The Karoro Community is hereby abolished.

PART II

West Coast Regional Council

9 WEST COAST REGIONAL COUNCIL

A regional council, to be known as “The West Coast Regional
Council”, is hereby constituted for the West Coast Region.

10 INTERPRETATION

In this Part of this order:

“The former authorities” means—

(a) The West Coast United Council; and

(b) The Westland Catchment Board and Regional Water Board; and

(c) The Buller District Noxious Plants Authority; and

(d) The Grey District Noxious Plants Authority; and

(e) The Inangahua District Noxious Plants Authority; and

(f) The Westland District Noxious Plants Authority; and

(g) The West Coast Counties Pest Destruction Board; and

(h) The Nelson Bays United Council; and

(i) The Waimea District Noxious Plants Authority; and

(j) The Waimea Pest Destruction Board; and

(k) The Clutha-Central Otago United Council; and

(l) The Lake District Noxious Plants Authority; and

(m) The Central Otago Pest Destruction Board,

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

“Former West Coast Region” means the West Coast Region in
existence immediately before the coming into force of this
clause of this order; and

“West Coast Region” means the West Coast Region
constituted by this order.

11 CONSTITUENCIES

(1) The West Coast Region is hereby divided into 4
constituencies.

(2) Those 4 constituencies are:

(a) The Buller Constituency, comprising the area delineated
on S.O. Plan No. 14481 deposited with the Chief Surveyor of
the Westland Land District:

(b) The Lyell Constituency, comprising the area delineated
on S.O. Plan No. 14482 deposited with the Chief Surveyor of
the Westland Land District:

(c) The Grey Constituency, comprising the area delineated
on S.O. Plan No. 11458 deposited with the Chief Surveyor of
the Westland Land District:

(d) The Westland Constituency, comprising the area
delineated on S.O. Plan No. 11464 deposited with the Chief
Surveyor of the Westland Land District.

12 MEMBERSHIP

The West Coast Regional Council shall consist of 10 members
of whom:

(a) Two members shall be elected by the electors of the
Buller Constituency; and

(b) One member shall be elected by the electors of the Lyell
Constituency; and

(c) Four members shall be elected by the electors of the
Grey Constituency; and

(d) Three members shall be elected by the electors of the
Westland Constituency.

13 FIRST ELECTION

(1) For the purposes of the first election of the West Coast
Regional Council:

(a) The Returning Officer for the Buller Constituency shall
be the Returning Officer for the Westport Borough; and

(b) The Returning Officer for the Lyell Constituency shall be
the Returning Officer for the Inangahua County; and

(c) The Returning Officer for the Grey Constituency shall be
the Returning Officer for the Grey County; and

(d) The Returning Officer for the Westland Constituency
shall be the Returning Officer for the Westland County.

(2) The first election of the West Coast Regional Council shall
be conducted by postal vote.

14 FIRST MEETING

(1) The principal administrative officer of the West Coast
Regional Council:

(a) Shall convene the first meeting of that Council; and

(b) Shall preside at the first meeting of that Council until the
election of the Chairperson of that Council.

(2) The first meeting of the West Coast Regional Council shall
be held no later than the 14th day of November 1989.

15 CHIEF EXECUTIVE

(1) The Chief Executive of the West Coast Regional Council
shall be the person appointed to that position in accordance
with clause 29 of this order.

(2) The Chief Executive shall be the principal administrative
officer of the West Coast Regional Council.

16 FUNCTIONS, DUTIES, AND POWERS

The functions, duties, and powers of the West Coast Regional
Council shall be:

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this order, the
functions, duties, and powers of a regional council under—

(i) The Local Government Act 1974; and

(ii) The Urban Transport Act 1980; and

(iii) Any public Act relating to the West Coast Regional
Council or any of the former authorities and not expressly
referred to in this clause; and

(iv) Any local Act relating to the West Coast Regional
Council or any of the former authorities;

(b) The functions, duties, and powers in relation to regional
planning of a regional council under the Town and Country
Planning Act 1977 or any other Act; and

(c) The functions, duties, and powers in relation to maritime
planning of a maritime planning authority under the Town and
Country Planning Act 1977 or any other Act; and

(d) The functions, duties, and powers of a catchment board
and a regional water board under the Soil Conservation and
Rivers Control Act 1941 and the Water and Soil Conservation
Act 1967 or any other Act; and

(e) The functions, duties, and powers in relation to civil