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Internal Affairs

Local Government Act 1974

Central Hawke’s Bay District Council (Special Orders Validation) Order 1999

MICHAEL HARDIE BOYS, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL

At Wellington this 29th day of March 1999

Present:

THE RIGHT HON. JENNY SHIPLEY PRESIDING IN COUNCIL

Whereas,—

A. The Central Hawke’s Bay District Council (“the council”) passed by resolution at a meeting on 28 May 1998 special orders relating to rating; and

B. Under section 716B of the Local Government Act 1974, the council was required to confirm the resolutions passing the special orders at a subsequent meeting held no later than 70 days after the meeting held on 28 May 1998; and

C. The council met on 30 July 1998 and the rates for the 1998–99 rating year were made by resolution at that meeting but, inadvertently, the resolutions passing the special orders of 28 May 1998 were not confirmed before those rates were made and have not been confirmed; and

D. It is desirable that the special orders be validated:

Now therefore, pursuant to section 719 of the Local Government Act 1974, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, makes the following order.

Order

1. Title and commencement—(1) This order may be cited as the Central Hawke’s Bay District Council (Special Orders Validation) Order 1999.

(2) This order comes into force on the day after the date of its publication in the Gazette.

2. Special orders—The special orders referred to in this order are the following special orders of the Central Hawke’s Bay District Council passed by resolution on 28 May 1998:

(a) Special order made under section 100 of the Rating Powers Act 1988 changing the rating system to a capital value rating system for the general rate; and

(b) Special order made under section 99 of the Rating Powers Act 1988 adopting a land value rating system and a land area rating system for specified separate rates; and

(c) Special order made under section 87 of the Rating Powers Act 1988 revoking the system of differential rating for the cultural facilities rate.

3. Validation of special orders—The special orders are declared to be and to have always been validly made even though the resolutions for the special orders were not confirmed at a subsequent meeting of the Central Hawke’s Bay District Council as required by section 716B (3) of the Local Government Act 1974.

MARIE SHROFF, Clerk of the Executive Council.

Explanatory Note

This note is not part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This order, which comes into force on the day after the date of its publication in the Gazette, validates 3 special orders made by the Central Hawke’s Bay District Council.

At a meeting held on 28 May 1998, the council passed, by resolution, 3 special orders relating to rating. Under section 716B (3) of the Local Government Act 1974, the council was required to confirm the resolutions at a subsequent meeting held no later than 70 days after the meeting on 28 May 1998.

The council set down 30 July 1998 for confirmation of the resolutions and the making of the rates for 1998–99. The rates were set at that meeting but, inadvertently, the resolutions relating to the special orders were not confirmed.

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Justice

Judicature Act 1908

Chief Justice Appointed

Pursuant to section 4 of the Judicature Act 1908, His Excellency the Governor-General, in the name and on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen, has been pleased to appoint

The Honourable Justice Sian Seerpoohi Elias, High Court Judge

to be the Chief Justice of New Zealand with effect from 17 May 1999.

Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of March 1999.

RIGHT HON. JENNY SHIPLEY, Prime Minister.

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Social Welfare

Social Security Act 1964

Ministerial Direction—Disability Allowance

To: The Chief Executive of the Department of Work and Income

Pursuant to section 5 of the Social Security Act 1964, I, Roger Morrison Sowry, Minister of Social Services, Work and Income, give you the following direction to take effect on 1 April 1999.

Dated this 28th day of March 1999.

ROGER SOWRY, Minister of Social Services, Work and Income.

DIRECTION

Disability Allowance

In relation to the granting of disability allowance under section 69c of the Social Security Act 1964, you must have regard to the following matters:

1. In this direction, unless the context otherwise requires,—

“Act” means the Social Security Act 1964:

“Subsidised”, in relation to a pharmaceutical product, means that the cost of the product is met by a purchaser; and the terms “subsidy”, “partly subsidised” and “unsubsidised” have corresponding meanings,—

and terms otherwise defined in section 3 (1) and section 69c (8) of the Act have the meanings so defined.