237General provisions relating to Orders

237 General provisions relating to Orders (1) An Order in Council made under this Division— (a) must specify a day or days upon which the Order in Council comes into operation; and (b) may provide that the boundaries of a municipal district specified in the Order in Council are described in a map lodged in the Central Plan Office or with the VEC as specified in the Order in Council; and (c) upon being published in the Government Gazette has the like force and effect as if it were expressly enacted in this Act; and (d) may be amended or revoked by another Order in Council; and (e) has full force and effect despite any non‑compliance with any of the matters required by this Act as preliminary to the making of the Order in Council. (2) An Order in Council made under this Division may— (a) apply generally or be limited in its application by reference to specified matters or things; and (b) apply differently according to different factors or subject to specified exceptions; and (c) leave any matter or thing to be from time to time determined, applied, dispensed with or regulated by a person or body specified in the Order in Council; and (d) confer powers or impose duties in connection with the Order in Council on a person or body specified in the Order in Council; and (e) apply, adopt or incorporate, with or without modification, the provisions of any Act or of any regulations made under any Act; and (f) contain provisions of a savings and transitional nature consequent on the making of the Order, including providing for the construction of references in any instrument or in any other document of any kind; and (g) provide that during a transitional period specified in the Order the provisions of this Act specified in the Order apply as varied or modified by the Order; and (h) modify the application of the **Valuation of Land Act 1960** by providing that existing valuations are to be used until a date specified in the Order; and (i) provide for the manner in which or conditions subject to which any contracts or leases may be entered into by or with a Council during any period specified in the Order and specify any penalty which is to apply in respect of any non-compliance. (3) Without limiting the generality of subsection (2)(g), an Order in Council may provide for— (a) the non-application of any specified sections of this Act during a transitional period specified in the Order; and (b) the fixing or alteration of the close of the voters' roll for the purposes of any election; and (c) the non-application of any specified sections of this Act to persons appointed to administer a new or re-constituted Council; and (d) the fixing or the alteration of the date by or within which any specified act, matter or thing under this Act must be done or any specified requirement under this Act must be complied with.