WHEREAS the Marlborough County Council Empowering Act 1965 empowered the Marlborough County Council to levy an administrative rate within those portions of the Marlborough Sounds area known as the administrative rating area defined in the Act, subject to the proviso that the amount of the administrative rate in the dollar of rateable value made and levied in each rating year was not to exceed an amount equal to ten percent of the general rate made and levied in the dollar of rateable value on all other areas in the Sounds Division of the County: And whereas circumstances have so changed since the date of the passing of that legislation as to make it reasonable that a uniform general charge should be made and levied in addition to the restricted rate in the administrative rating area: And whereas it is also desirable that the Council should have power to extend the boundaries of the administrative rating area to areas with contiguous boundaries to existing administrative rating area boundaries: