2022-02-08 Services & Organisation Committee Meeting Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING REPORT   8 FEBRUARY 2022




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SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING REPORT                                       8 FEBRUARY 2022

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             DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY
            TITLE:        NATURE CONSERVATION (ANIMALS)

            Delegation by the Council to:                                 Date:
            Chief Executive Officer

            Source of Authority:
            Local Government Act 2009 - Section 257
            Nafure Conservation (Animals) Regulation 2020

           Delegated Power:
               7. To exercise the powers of Council pursuant to the Nafure Conservation (Animais)
                  Regulation 2020.

            DESCRIPTION OF POWER DELEGATED                                               LEGISLATION
            Power, as the owner of an airport, in the circumstances listed in subsection | Sections 42(2)
            42(1), to:-                                                                  and (3)
                (a) take the animal at the airport;
                (b) remove or otherwise deal with an animal breeding place used by the
                    animal;
                (c) keep an animal taken for the purpose of releasing it; and
            release the animal into a prescribed natural habitat for the animal.
            Power, as the owner of an airport, to keep a record for an animal taken under | Section 43(1)
            section 42(2).
            Power, in the circumstances listed in subsection 61(1) to:-                  Section 61(2)
                (a) destroy the flying-fox roost;
                (b) dive away, or attempt to drive away, a flying-fox from the roost; and
            disturb a flying fox in the roost.
            Power to carry out the activities listened in subsection 62(1) in relation to a | Section 62(1)
            tree that is a flying-fox roost.
            Power to apply to the chief executive for the grant of an animal authority.  Section 236
            Power to comply with a notice from the chief executive asking for other | Section 242(4)
            information or a document the chief executive requires to decide the
            application.
            Power to amend an application for the grant of an animal authority.          Section 243
            Power, as the holder of a renewable licence, to apply to renew the licence.  Section 258
            Power, as the halder of an animal authority, to apply for an amendment of the | Section 265
            authority.
            Power to comply with a notice from the chief executive asking for other | Section 266(1)
            information or a document the chief executive requires to decide the
            amendment application.
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