2017-12-12 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                   12 DECEMBER 2017


Information Privacy Delegation under Information Privacy Act 2009
(as confirmed by Governance Advisor)


Section 90 Power, as agency, to give access to a copy of a document from which the contrary to public
interest information has been deleted.

Section 115 Power, as agency, to conduct a particular further search or to conduct further searches
directed by the information commissioner.

Section 127 Power, as agency, to apply to the information commissioner for declaration that at person is a
vexatious applicant.

Updated Powers

The following powers have been updated on the delegation in line with changes to the LGAQ Delegations
Register.

Information Privacy Act 2009

Section 53(3) Power, as agency, to refuse to deal with an access or amendment application if:
(a)   the application does not comply with all relevant application requirements; and
(b)   the applicant has been afforded a reasonable opportunity to consult with a view to making the
      application comply.

Section 88 Power, as agency, to delete irrelevant information from a copy of a requested document when
giving access to that requested document, if the agency considers it is reasonably practicable to give
access to the copy.


Land Delegation under the Land Act 1994 and Acquisition of Land Act 1967
(as confirmed by Director of Corporate Services)

New Powers

Land Act 1994

The following powers have been added to the delegation in line with changes to the LGAQ Delegations
Register and confirmation from the Director of Corporate Services.

Section 13AC Power, as a person an adjacent owner for the land, to consent to the dedication of non-tidal
watercourse land or non-tidal lake land as a reserve.

Section 164(1) Power, as a lessee under a rolling term lease, to apply to the Minister for an extension of
the term.

Section 164C (7) Power, as a lessee under a rolling term lease, to appeal to the Minister’s refusal of an
extension of the term.

Section 288(1) Power, as a transferor or a person creating the interest, or the transferee or the person in
whose favour the interest is to be created, to sign a document transferring a lease, sublease or licence or
creating an interest in a lease or sublease.

Section 288(1)(b) Power, as a transferee or the person in whose favour the interest is to be created, to
authorise a legal practitioner to sign a document transferring a lease, sublease or licence or creating an
interest in a lease or sublease on Council’s behalf.

Section 322(5) Power, as a lessee, licensee or the holder of a sublease, to apply to the Minister to extend
the time mentioned in subsection 322(4).



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