(1) This regulation establishes the following Standards Committees:
(a) the Auckland Standards Committee (No 1) based in Auckland; and
(b) the Auckland Standards Committee (No 2) based in Auckland; and
(c) the Auckland Standards Committee (No 3) based in Auckland; and
(d) the Auckland Standards Committee (No 4) based in Auckland; and
(e) the Canterbury Standards Committee (No 1) based in Canterbury; and
(f) the Canterbury Standards Committee (No 2) based in Canterbury; and
(g) the Gisborne Standards Committee based in Gisborne; and
(h) the Hawkes Bay Standards Committee based in Hawkes Bay; and
(i) the Manawatu Standards Committee based in Manawatu; and
(j) the Nelson Standards Committee based in Nelson; and
(k) the Otago Standards Committee based in Otago; and
(l) the Southland Standards Committee based in Southland; and
(m) the Taranaki Standards Committee based in Taranaki; and
(n) the Waikato–Bay of Plenty Standards Committee (No 1) based in Waikato–Bay of Plenty; and
(o) the Waikato–Bay of Plenty Standards Committee (No 2) based in Waikato–Bay of Plenty; and
(p) the Wanganui Standards Committee based in Wanganui; and
(q) the Wellington Standards Committee (No 1) based in Wellington; and
(r) the Wellington Standards Committee (No 2) based in Wellington; and
(s) the National Standards Committee (No 1) based in Wellington; and
(t) the National Standards Committee (No 2) based in Wellington; and
(u) 15 Reserve Standards Committees, numbered 1 to 15, based in localities nominated from time to time by the Board.
(2) The Board may declare any of the Standards Committees listed in subclause (1) to be an Operational Standards Committee.
(3) The Board may at any time rename a Standards Committee referred to in paragraphs (a) to (r) of subclause (1), or change its area of jurisdiction, or reclassify it as a Reserve Standards Committee.
(4) Subject to the Act and these regulations, the Board may appoint members to each Standards Committee as and when the Board determines.