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headquarters of the Invercargill City Council shall be located in Invercargill.

11. Service delivery centre—The Invercargill City Council shall, at least until the 1st day of November 1995, establish and maintain in Bluff, a service delivery centre, in accordance with the provisions of the Third Schedule to the Local Government (Southland Region) Reorganisation Order 1989.

12. Communities—(1) There is hereby constituted a community for each of the following:

    (a) The area of the Bluff Ward, to be known as “the Bluff Community”.

    (b) The area of the Otatara Ward, to be known as “the Otatara Community”.

    (c) The area of the Bush Ward, to be known as “the Bush Community”.

    (2) The community board for the community constituted by subclause (1) (a) of this clause shall consist of:

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

    (b) One person elected from time to time, pursuant to clause 8 of this order, as a member of the Invercargill City Council representing the Bluff Ward comprising the area of the community.

    (3) The community board for the community constituted by subclause (1) (b) of this clause shall consist of:

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

    (b) One person elected from time to time, pursuant to clause 8 of this order, as a member of the Invercargill City Council representing the Otatara Ward comprising the area of the community.

    (4) The community board for the community constituted by subclause (1) (c) of this clause shall consist of:

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

    (b) One person elected from time to time, pursuant to clause 8 of this order, as a member of the Invercargill City Council representing the Bush Ward comprising the area of the community.

    (5) Each member of the Otatara and Bluff Community Boards who was elected on the 14th day of October 1989 shall continue in office as a member of the appropriate board until the triennial general election of members of local authorities to be held in October 1992 or unless he or she sooner vacates office.

13. First election for Bush Community Board—(1) For the purposes of the first election of the Bush Community Board the returning officer and the principal administrative officer for the Invercargill City shall be, respectively, the returning officer and the principal administrative officer for the Invercargill District.

    (2) (a) The first election of the Bush Community Board shall be conducted by postal vote.

    (b) The election of the Bush Community Board shall be held on the 20th day of September 1990.

    (c) The Community Board shall come into existence on the day after the date on which the returning officer declares the result of the first election of the members of the Bush Community Board.

14. Rating—The system of rating in the Invercargill City shall be the land value system.

15. Town and Country Planning—(1) The Invercargill City Council shall not by reason of this order be required to prepare a new district scheme for the Invercargill City.

    (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 schemes or, as the case may be, the proposed district schemes of the Invercargill City.

    (3) Where any former authority had, prior to its dissolution, begun the preparation of any review of its district schemes or of any change or variation thereof, then, subject to any resolution of the Invercargill City Council to the contrary, all such preparation shall be deemed to have been done by, or on behalf of, the Invercargill City 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, 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 Invercargill City 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 Invercargill City 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 Invercargill City Council or, as the case may require, a committee or delegate thereof.

16. Civil Defence—The operative local civil defence plans for the district of the former authorities shall continue in force in the respective parts of the Invercargill City until a new plan is approved for the Invercargill City, in accordance with the Civil Defence Act 1983.

17. Chief Executive—(1) The Chief Executive of the Invercargill District Council is hereby appointed as the Chief Executive of the Invercargill City Council.

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

18. Employment—The Invercargill City Council shall employ those employees employed by the former authorities as at 30 June 1990 on the terms and conditions of employment applying at that date. For the purposes of the maintenance of employment contracts continuity of service shall be recognised.

19. Mayor—The mayor of the Invercargill City Council shall have and may exercise the functions, duties and powers of the mayors and chairmen of the former authorities.

20. Local Authorities Petroleum Tax—For the purposes of Part XI of the Local Government Act 1974, the Invercargill City Council shall be the successor to the former authorities.

21. Special funds—(1) The special funds of the former authorities shall:

    (a) Be expended only for the purposes for which they were set aside.

    (b) Except for any plant renewal fund, be expended for the benefit of the area in which they originated and, after provision has been made for all liabilities, any money required to be paid into any such fund, to meet any deficit, shall be found from within that area.

    (2) After the 1st day of November 1996, the Invercargill City Council:

    (a) Shall review any special fund provided for in subclause (1) of this clause.

    (b) May resolve, from a date to be determined by the Invercargill City Council, such special funds may be applied for such other purpose or purposes as the Invercargill City Council considers appropriate.