In this Part of this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—

There is hereby established a Board to be known as the South Canterbury Wallaby Board.

The Board shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal and shall be capable of acquiring, holding, and disposing of real and personal property, of suing and being sued, and of doing and suffering all such other acts and things as bodies corporate may do and suffer.

The Board shall consist of—

No person shall be appointed as a member of the Board under paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of this section unless he is a member of the Pest Destruction Board which intends to appoint him.

The member of the Board appointed by the Minister under paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of this section shall hold office during the pleasure of the Minister.

Subject to section 99d of this Act, the 2 members of the Board appointed under paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of this section shall hold office for a term of 3 years, and shall be eligible for reappointment from time to time.

On a day not later than the 30th day of April 1972, and on some day after every triennial general election of members of the constituent Pest Destruction Boards held after that date (being in each case a day not later than the 31st day of January next following that election), the Pest Destruction Boards shall hold meetings of their respective Boards which shall proceed to appoint the members of the Board in accordance with paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of this section.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Act, every member of the Board shall, unless he sooner vacates his office under section 99d of this Act, continue in office until his successor comes into office.

If any member of the Board ceases to be a member of the Pest Destruction Board which appointed him, or of the Council, as the case may be, he shall cease to be a member of the Board.

Any member of the Board may at any time be removed from office by the Minister for disability, bankruptcy, neglect of duty, or misconduct, proved to the satisfaction of the Minister, or may at any time resign his office by written notice to the Secretary or Chairman of the Board.

When the office of any member of the Board becomes vacant, the vacancy so created shall be filled in the manner in which the appointment to the vacant office was originally made. Every person so appointed shall hold office for the residue of the term for which his predecessor would have held office if the vacancy had not occurred.

The Board may pay to the Chairman of the Board such annual allowance, not exceeding $300, as may from time to time be fixed by the Board with the approval of the Minister, but no alteration in the amount of the allowance shall take effect during the term of office of any Chairman.

For the purposes of this section, a person reappointed as Chairman shall be deemed to be a new Chairman.

The Minister shall as soon as practicable after the commencement of this Part of this Act, by notice in the Gazette, constitute the South Canterbury Wallaby District.

The Minister may from time to time, by notice in the Gazette, alter the boundaries of the district by adding or excluding any area.

The functions of the Board shall be—

The Board shall, on or before the 30th day of April in each year, cause an estimate to be prepared of the proposed expenditure and estimated receipts of the Board during the financial year ending with the 31st day of March next following.

Any deficiency or surplus at the end of any financial year shall be carried forward as a debit or credit, as the case may be, into, and calculated or allowed for in assessing, the estimated net expenditure for the next year.

The Board shall, on or before the 30th day of May in each year, hold a meeting at which the contributions payable by the constituent Pest Destruction Boards for the current year commencing on the 1st day of April then last past shall be assessed.

The calculation of the amount payable by each Pest Destruction Board shall be made on such basis as the Board determines at that meeting.

Written notice shall forthwith be given by the Board to every constituent Pest Destruction Board showing the amount of the Pest Destruction Board’s contribution for the current year. Every such notice shall have attached to it a copy of the Board’s estimates of expenditure for that year.

If any constituent Pest Destruction Board is dissatisfied with the Board’s estimate of expenditure or the basis on which its contribution has been assessed or the amount of its contribution it may, within 28 days after notice has been given to it under section 99i of this Act, object in writing against the estimates, or the basis on which its contribution has been assessed, or the amount of its contribution, to the Council.

A copy of every such objection shall be forwarded to the Board and to every other constituent Pest Destruction Board.

The Council shall, after considering the objection and any submissions made by the Board and any other constituent Pest Destruction Board, allow the objection in whole or in part or decline it.

If the Council allows an objection in whole or in part, it shall recalculate the Board’s estimates or the amount of each constituent Pest Destruction Board’s contribution, as the case may require, to give effect to its decision.

Every decision of the Council under this section shall be final and conclusive.

Every constituent Pest Destruction Board shall pay its contribution to the Board in such instalments and at such times as the Board from time to time determines.

If payment of the full amount due is not made by a constituent Pest Destruction Board under subsection (1) of this section, the amount or the portion unpaid may be recovered as a debt due by the constituent Pest Destruction Board to the Board in any Court of competent jurisdiction.

For the purposes of section 71 of this Act, every payment by a constituent Pest Destruction Board under this section shall be deemed to be made for the general purposes of that Board.

The provisions of sections 29, 49, 51 to 54, 56 to 63, 68, 69, 87 to 94, 96 to 98, 113 to 117, 120, 122, and 123 of this Act shall, so far as they are applicable and with the necessary modifications, apply in respect of the Board as if references in those sections—

The Board is hereby declared to be a leasing authority for the purposes of the Public Bodies Leases Act 1969.”