Southern Plantations Rural Fire District Notice 1998 Pursuant to the Forest and Rural Fires Act 1977, the National Rural Fire Authority hereby makes the following notice. N o t i c e 1. Title and commencement (1) This notice may be cited as the Southern Plantations Rural Fire District Notice 1998. (2) The Waitane Fire District Notice 1951 and all amendments (a) are hereby revoked. (3) This notice shall come into force on the 28th day after notification in the New Zealand Gazette. 2. Interpretation In this notice, unless the context otherwise requires: the ``Act'' means the Forest and Rural Fires Act 1977; the ``committee'' means the Southern Plantations Rural Fire Committee; the ``district'' means the Southern Plantations Rural Fire District; and the ``notice'' means the Southern Plantations Rural Fire District Notice 1998. CONSTITUTION OF THE RURAL FIRE DISTRICT 3. Declaration of Rural Fire District (1) The areas set out in the Schedule to this notice are hereby constituted and declared to be the district. (2) For the purposes of the Act the district shall be administered by the committee. (3) The committee shall consist of 10 members as follows: (a) Two persons appointed by Rayonier New Zealand Limited, in writing, signed on behalf of that company by one director and the secretary thereof; and (b) Two persons appointed by Ernslaw One Limited, in writing, signed on behalf of that company by one director and the secretary thereof; and (c) One person appointed by Craigpine Timber Limited, in writing, signed on behalf of that company by one director and the secretary thereof; and (d) One person appointed by the New Zealand Farm Forestry Association Incorporated (Southland Branch) in writing, signed on behalf of that organisation by the president and secretary thereof to represent small forest owners encompassed in the district; and (e) One person appointed by Federated Farmers Southland Incorporated, in writing, signed on behalf of Federated Farmers by the chairperson and secretary thereof to represent those landowners encompassed in the district; and (f) One person appointed by The Southland District Council, in writing, signed on behalf of the council by the chief executive and secretary thereof; and (g) One person appointed by The Clutha District Council, in writing, signed on behalf of the council by the chief executive and secretary thereof; and (h) One person appointed in writing, by the director general of the Department of Conservation. SCHEDULE Otago and Southland Land Districts All those parcels containing 155 798 hectares, more or less, as shown on S.O. Plan 24584 and S.O. Plan 24627, lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Otago, and S.O. Plan 12110, lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Southland, as the same on those plans numbered NRFA 126 deposited in the headquarters of the New Zealand Fire Service at Wellington. Dated at Wellington this 23rd day of March 1998. M. J. DUDFIELD, National Rural Fire Officer. (a) New Zealand Gazette, 1951, Vol. I, page 579. Amended: New Zealand Gazette, 1956, Vol. III, page 1254. Amended: New Zealand Gazette, 1962, Vol. III, page 1503. Amended: New Zealand Gazette, 1983, Vol. II, page 2011. (A10.45 Southern Plantations Rural Fire District)10