2524 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 99

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

63 FIRST ELECTION

(1) For the purposes of the first election of the Grey District Council, the Returning Officer and principal administrative officer for the Grey District shall be, respectively, the Returning Officer and the principal administrative officer for the Greymouth Borough.

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

64 FIRST MEETING

The first meeting of the Grey 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.

65 CHIEF EXECUTIVE

(1) The Chief Executive of the Grey District Council shall be the person appointed to that position in accordance with clause 80 of this order.

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

66 FUNCTIONS, DUTIES, AND POWERS

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

(iii) Any local Act relating to the Grey District Council or any of the former authorities; and

(b) The functions, duties, and powers of a harbour board in respect of the Greymouth Harbour under the Harbours Act 1950 and the Marine Pollution Act 1974 or any other Act; and

(c) 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.

67 HARBOUR COMMITTEE

(1) The Grey District Council shall, at least until the 1st day of November 1995, establish and maintain a Greymouth Harbour Committee.

(2) The Grey District Council may delegate to the Greymouth Harbour Committee all or any of its functions, duties, and powers as a Harbour Board.

(3) The persons appointed by the Grey District Council to the Greymouth Harbour Committee established under this clause shall include not less than 2 persons:

(a) Who are not members of that council; but

(b) Who, in the opinion of the Council, have knowledge that will assist the work of the Committee.

68 ADMINISTRATION HEADQUARTERS

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

69 SERVICE DELIVERY CENTRE

The Grey District Council shall, at least until the 1st day of November 1995, establish and maintain a service delivery centre in Runanga, in accordance with the provisions of the Second Schedule to this order.

70 RUNANGA COMMUNITY

(1) There is hereby constituted a community for the area of the Runanga Ward, to be known as “The Runanga Community”.

(2) The community board for the Runanga Community shall consist of:

(a) Six members elected by the electors of that community; and

(b) The persons elected, from time to time, as members of the district council representing the Runanga Ward and appointed by the Grey District Council to the community board.

(3) The Returning Officer for the first election of the community board for the community constituted by this clause shall be the Returning Officer for the Greymouth Borough.

(4) The first election of the community board for the community constituted by this clause shall be conducted by postal vote.

71 RATING

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

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

72 TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING

(1) The Grey District Council shall not be required to prepare a new district scheme, immediately, for the Grey 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 Grey 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 Grey District Council to the contrary, all such preparation shall be deemed to have been done by, or on behalf of, the Grey 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 any provision of the Town and Country Planning Act 1977:

(a) No hearing by that former authority or any committee thereof had begun or such application or any objection thereto, the application shall be deemed to have been made to the Grey 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 any such decision had not expired or notice of appeal had been given, any such appeal shall be deemed to be against the Grey District Council; or

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

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