The Council shall consist of—

Where, in the opinion of the local authority, works undertaken under this section (whether under taken before or after the commencement of this subsection and whether completed or not) benefit a particular portion of its district, the local authority may, by special order defining the portion, declare the work to be a special work, and may make and levy a special works rate (whether or not the works are on a navigable river) on all property within the portion so defined for the purpose of defraying the local authority’s share of the cost of the work and of the maintenance thereof.

Where an agreement under this section has been made (whether before or after the commencement of this subsection) between the Council and a County Council in respect of a work affecting a watercourse, the County Council may, by resolution, declare the work to be a drainage work, and thereupon the provisions of sections one hundred and sixty-seven to one hundred and eighty-two of the Counties Act 1920 (excepting subsection two and subsection six of section one hundred and sixty-eight of that Act) shall apply to that work.”

The Board may if it thinks fit at any time appoint one of its members to be Deputy Chairman, to carry out the duties of the Chairman in the absence of the Chairman, and may at any time revoke any such appointment. The Deputy Chairman shall, so long as he continues to be a member of the Board, hold that office until the revocation of his appointment or the appointment of his successor.”

If at any meeting of the Board the Chairman for the time being is not present or there is no Chairman, the Deputy Chairman shall preside at the meeting; and in any such case, if the Deputy Chairman is not present at the meeting or there is no Deputy Chairman, the members present shall choose one of their number to be the chairman of that meeting. The Deputy Chairman or person so chosen shall have and may exercise in any such case all the powers and functions of the Chairman for the purposes of the meeting.”

Subsection one of this section shall be deemed to authorize and from its commencement to have authorized the payment to any officer of the Board of such salaries and allowances as the Board thinks reason able in respect of his attendance at any conference, meeting, or course of study or training that in the opinion of the Board will render him better fitted to carry out his duties for the Board.”

From the proceeds of every such rate there may be deducted such sum as in the opinion of the Board is necessary to defray the cost of making and levying the rate and of the supervision and clerical work necessary in connection with the expenditure thereof.”

Where any work has been constructed and a rate for the maintenance thereof cannot be levied under section eighty-nine or section ninety-one of this Act, the Board may from time to time, either in addition to or instead of any general rate, make and levy a separate rate for that purpose:

“Provided that the total amount of separate rates and general rates together shall not exceed the amount of the maximum general rate referred to under section eighty-five of this Act.”

Where any classification of lands within a catchment district is made pursuant to section one hundred and two hereof, the Valuer-General shall, in every case where portions of any piece of land are classified in different classes, apportion the rateable value of that piece of land between the several portions thereof and supply particulars of the apportionment to the Board.

In every case where any rateable value which has been so apportioned is subsequently altered, the Valuer-General shall make a fresh apportionment of the new rateable value and shall give notice thereof to the Board and to each owner and each occupier of the land. The Board or any such owner or occupier may object to the fresh apportionment within such time as is fixed by the Valuer-General in the notice, and every such objection shall be heard and determined as if it were an objection to a valuation under section nineteen of the Valuation of Land Act 1951, and the provisions of sections twenty to twenty-four of that Act shall apply accordingly.

In every case where an apportionment of the rateable value of any piece of land between several portions thereof is made or varied as a result of an objection as aforesaid, the united rateable value of all the portions shall be equal to the rateable value of the piece of land.

The cost of preparing the certified copy of the valuation roll or the statement referred to in subsection two hereof and the cost of preparing the apportionment or reapportionment and supplying the particulars referred to in subsections three and four hereof, shall be paid by the Board.”

Every classification so made shall be set forth in a list, which list shall—

Every classification list so made shall be deemed for the purposes of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act 1926 to be the special roll of ratepayers of the area to which it relates:

“Provided that no objection under that Act may be lodged in respect of the list:

“Provided also that the copy of the list for the use of persons conducting or supervising any poll shall be sufficient if it includes the names of the persons entitled to vote and the number of votes to which each is entitled and it shall not be necessary for it to include any other particulars.

Upon the completion of any such classification list the Board shall forthwith cause public notice to be given—

No person shall be entitled to vote upon the proposal to raise a special loan if the land in respect of which his name appears in the classification list for the district is classified as Class G land on that list.”

In any case where more than one person appears on the classification list as the occupier of any one property, then, for the purpose of voting, only the person whose name appears first on that list in respect of that property shall be entitled to vote in respect thereof.

Where any change in the ownership, occupation, or valuation of any land occurs after the classification of the land has been adopted, the Board shall make such amendments to the classification list as will enable each occupier who is affected by the change to exercise the correct number of votes in respect of the land.”