Local Government Boundary Alteration Notice 1996 Pursuant to section 37p (2) of the Local Government Act 1974, the Minister of Local Government gives the following notice: N o t i c e 1. Title and commencement (1) This notice may be cited as the Local Government Boundary Alteration Notice 1996. (2) This notice shall come into force on the 1st day of October 1996. 2. Boundaries altered (1) The boundaries of the districts listed in the Schedule to this notice are hereby altered by including in those districts all that area situated between the existing seaward boundary of each district and the line of mean low water springs. (2) For the purposes of subclause (1) of this clause, wherever the boundary of any district meets the boundary of another territorial authority district at the mean high water mark, the boundary of the first mentioned district shall extend along a line commencing at that point and running at 90 degrees from the mean high water mark to the point where that line meets the line of mean low water springs. (3) Nothing in this notice shall have the effect of excluding from any district any area included in that district prior to this notice coming into force. Schedule Banks Peninsula District Masterton District Hastings District Southland District Hauraki District Tararua District Hurunui District Whakatane District Lower Hutt City Whangarei District Manawatu District Dated this 18th day of September 1996. Hon. JOHN BANKS, Minister of Local Government.2 This notice replaces the notice published in New Zealand Gazette, 26 September 1996, No. 130, page 3202.