Pursuant to sections 4 (1) and section 8 (1) of the Forest and Rural Fires Act 1977, the National Rural Fire Authority hereby makes the following notice.
Notice
1. Title and commencement-(1) This notice is the Thames Valley Rural Fire District Constitution and Administration Notice 2000.
(2) This notice comes into force on the 1st day of October 2000.
2. Constitution of the Thames Valley Rural Fire District-The areas set out in the Schedule to this notice are hereby constituted and declared to be a rural fire district to be known as the Thames Valley Rural Fire District.
3. Constitution of the Thames Valley Rural Fire Committee-The Thames Valley Rural Fire Committee is hereby constituted as a rural fire committee.
4. Administration of the Thames Valley Rural Fire District-(1) For the purposes of the Forest and Rural Fires Act 1977, the Thames Valley Rural Fire District shall be administered by the Thames Valley Rural Fire Committee.
(2) The committee shall consist of 6 members as follows:
(a) One person appointed, in writing, by the Hauraki District Council; and
(b) One person appointed, in writing, by the Matamata-Piako District Council; and
(c) One person appointed, in writing, by the Thames-Coromandel District Council; and
(d) One person appointed in writing by the Chief Executive of the New Zealand Forest Owners Association after such consultation as the Chief Executive considers appropriate with Carter Holt Harvey Forests Limited, Earnslaw One Limited, and Evergreen Forests Limited; and
(e) One person appointed by the New Zealand Fire Service under the signature of its Chief Executive; and
(f) The Manager of the Thames Valley Combined Civil Defence District Emergency Planning Unit.
5. Schedule
South Auckland Land District
(1) All those parcels containing 383,600 hectares, more or less, as shown on S.O. Plan 61436, lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Hamilton but excluding all "fire districts" as defined in section 2 of the Fire Service Act 1975 (for ease of reference that land is also shown on plans numbered NRFA 132 deposited in the Corporate Office of the New Zealand Fire Service at Wellington).
Dated at Wellington this 5th day of September 2000.
M. J. DUDFIELD, National Rural Fire Officer.