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"96B.(1) This section applies to an advisory committee established under section 96 by a Regional Council.

"(2) The Regional Council must terminate the appointment of a member of the committee if the member fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with section 96A.

"(3) Subsection (2) does not, by implication, limit the power of the Regional Council to terminate the appointment of a member of the committee.

Advisory committee—resignation

"96C. A member of an advisory committee established under section 96 may resign from the committee by writing signed by the member and sent to the Regional Council concerned.".

Application of amendments

6. The amendments made by this Part do not apply until immediately after the end of the election period for the round of Regional Council elections for 1993.

PART 4—AMENDMENTS RELATING TO WARDS

Interpretation

7. Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in subsection (1) the following definitions:

" 'designated number', in relation to a ward, has the meaning given by section 100A;

'member for a Regional Council ward' means a member of a Regional Council who is the member, or a member, as the case requires, for a ward of the Regional Council;

'Regional Council ward' means a ward referred to in section 100A;

'Regional Council ward election' means so much of a Regional Council election as consists of an election for a member or members for a Regional Council ward;

'ward' means a ward referred to in section 100A;".

Insertion of new section

  8. After section 100 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

Regional Council wards

Rules may divide region into wards

  "100A.(1) The Regional Council election rules may:

  (a) provide for the division of a region into such wards as are specified; and

  (b) set out the boundaries of each ward so specified; and

  (c) fix the designated number for each ward so specified.

No more than 5 wards in each region

  "(2) The number of wards in each region must not be more than 5.

Significance of fixing the designated number for a ward

"(3) The following is an explanation of the significance of fixing the designated number for a ward:

     (a) if the designated number is 1—subject to section 107 (which deals with nominations), there is to be a single member of the Regional Council for the ward;

     (b) if the designated number is any other number—subject to section 107 (which deals with nominations), there is to be that number of members of the Regional Council for the ward.

Total of designated numbers for wards in a region must equal the prescribed number for the Regional Council

"(4) The total of the designated numbers for the wards in a