2020-09-08 S&O Agenda - Item 1 - Attachment 2 Delegations of Authority Council to Chief Executive (Updated)

DESCRIPTION OF POWER DELEGATED                                                   LEGISLATION

   (a) the document does not exist; or
   (b) the document has been or should be in Council’s possession, and all
       reasonable steps have been taken to find the document but the
       document cannot be found.
Power to give a prescribed written notice, with regards to an access application Section 55 (2)
for a document containing prescribed information, that does not include details and (3)
mentioned in section 191(a) or (b), and in a schedule of relevant documents.
Power to waive a processing charge, or access charge, for an access Section 64(1)
application if Council considers that the likely associated costs to Council would
be more than the likely amount of the charge.
Power to give access to a document in one or more of the prescribed forms in Section 68(1)
section 68(1).
Power to refuse to give access to documents in a form requested by the Section 68(4)
applicant and give access in another form in the circumstances specified in
section 68(4).
Power to give access to a document in another form agreed to by the applicant Section 68(8)
Power to allow an additional period during which a person may access a           Section 69(2)
document.
Power to defer giving access to a document for a reasonable period if the Section 72(1)
document was prepared—
    (a) for presentation to the Assembly or a committee of the Assembly; or
    (b) for release to the media; or
    (c) solely for inclusion, in the same or an amended form, in a document to
        be prepared for a purpose mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b);
and the document is yet to be presented or released, or included in a document
to be presented or released, as the case may be.
Power to delete irrelevant information from a copy of a document and give Section 73
access to the document by giving access to a copy of the document with the
irrelevant information deleted, only if Council considers the applicant would
accept the copy and it is reasonably practicable to give access to the copy.
Power, subject to section 55, to give access to a document containing exempt Section 74
information if it is practicable to give access to a copy of the document from
which the exempt information has been deleted and it appears to Council that
the applicant would wish to be given access to the copy.
Power, subject to section 55, to give access to a document containing contrary Section 75
to public interest information if it is practicable to give access to a copy of the
document from which the contrary to public interest information has been
deleted and it appears to Council that the applicant would wish to be given
access to the copy.



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