South Canterbury 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 shall be cited as the South Canterbury Rural Fire District Notice 1998 (2) This notice shall come into force 28 days after its notification in the New Zealand Gazette. 2. In this notice, unless the context otherwise requires, the ``Act'' means the Forest and Rural Fires Act 1977, the ``committee'' means the South Canterbury Rural Fire Committee, the ``district'' means the South Canterbury Rural Fire District and the ``notice'' means the South Canterbury Rural Fire District Notice 1998. Constitution of the Rural Fire District 3. (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 5 members as follows: (a) One person appointed by Timaru District Council, in writing, signed on behalf of that council by the chief executive and the secretary thereof; and (b) One person appointed by The MacKenzie District Council, in writing, signed on behalf of that council by the chief executive and the secretary thereof; and (c) One person appointed by The Waimate District Council, in writing, signed on behalf of that council by the chief executive and the secretary thereof; and (d) One person appointed by the New Zealand Fire Service, in writing, signed on behalf of that organisation by the chief executive. (e) One person appointed in writing, by the Director General of the Department of Conservation. Schedule Otago and South Canterbury Land Districts All those parcels containing 1 157 000 hectares, more or less, as shown on S.O. Plan 19960, lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Otago, as the same on those plans number NRFA 129, deposited in the headquarters of the New Zealand Fire Service at Wellington. Dated at Wellington this 27th day of July 1998. M. J. DUDFIELD, National Rural Fire Officer. (A10.45 South Canterbury Rural Fire District)10