Pursuant to sections 4 (1) and 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 Waimea Rural Fire District Constitution and Administration Notice 2004.
(2) This notice comes into force 28 days after publication in the New Zealand Gazette.
2. Constitution of the Waimea 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 Waimea Rural Fire District.
3. Constitution of the Waimea Rural Fire Committee-The Waimea Rural Fire District Committee is hereby constituted as a rural fire committee.
4. Administration of the Waimea Rural Fire District-(1) For the purposes of the Forest and Rural Fires Act 1977, the Waimea Rural Fire District shall be administered by the Waimea Rural Fire District Committee.
(2) The committee shall consist of 11 members as follows:
(a) Two persons appointed, in writing, by Carter Holt Harvey Forests Limited;
(b) two persons appointed, in writing, by Weyerhauser New Zealand Incorporated;
(c) one person appointed, in writing, by the Tasman District Council;
(d) one person, resident within the district, selected to represent the interests of other residents and ratepayers appointed, in writing, by the Tasman District Council;
(e) one person appointed, in writing, by the Nelson City Council;
(f) two persons appointed, in writing, by the Department of Conservation under the signature of its Director General;
(g) one person appointed, in writing, by the Nelson Province of Federated Farmers of New Zealand Incorporated; and
(h) one person appointed by the New Zealand Fire Service under the signature of its chief executive.
5. Restricted Fire Season-The period between 1 October in any one year and 30 September in the following year (both days inclusive) is hereby declared to be a restricted fire season in the district.
6. Schedule-(1) All those parcels above the mean low water mark, shown on SO 14951, labelled "Tasman Region" and SO 14972, labelled "Nelson City", lodged in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Nelson, as the same as those numbered 139 deposited in the office of the New Zealand Fire Service in Wellington.
Dated at Wellington this 26th day of April 2004.
M. J. DUDFIELD, National Rural Fire Officer.