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 may be cited as the West Coast Rural Fire District Notice 1997, Constitution and Administration Amendment Notice No. 2 and shall be read with and deemed part of the notice constituting the West Coast Rural Fire District Notice 1997 made on 31 October 1997 (“principal notice”).*

(2) This notice comes into force 28 days after publication in the New Zealand Gazette.

2. Amendment of Rural Fire District Notice—The principal notice is hereby amended by:

(1) Revoking clause 3 of the notice and substituting with the following clause:

The committee shall consist of seven members as follows:

1. One person appointed in writing by the Buller District Council under the signature of its Chief Executive; and
2. one person appointed in writing by the Grey District Council under the signature of its Chief Executive; and
3. one person appointed in writing by the Westland District Council under the signature of its Chief Executive; and
4. one person appointed in writing by the Department of Conservation, under the signature of its Director-General; and
5. one person appointed in writing by the New Zealand Forest Owners Association as a member representing forest owners in the district, under the signature of its President; and
6. one person appointed in writing by the Chief Executive of the New Zealand Fire Service; and
7. one person appointed by the committee as an independent member with recognised governance experience. The independent member will have the same rights as other members of the committee. The term of appointment will be in accordance with the Forest and Rural Fires Regulations 2005.

(2) This clause shall be read together with and be deemed to be part of the principal notice.

Dated at Wellington this 23rd day of December 2015.

K. O’CONNOR, National Rural Fire Officer.

*New Zealand Gazette, 6 November 1997, No. 158, page 3721