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

DESCRIPTION OF POWER DELEGATED                                                   LEGISLATION

Power, as an administering authority, to impose a condition on an Section 292
environmental authority requiring the holder to give financial assurances as
security for compliance with the environmental authority and for costs or
expenses mentioned in section 298.
Power, as an administering authority, to decide the amount and form of           Section 295
financial assurance required under a condition of an environmental authority.
Power, as an administering authority, to give notice of the decision under       Section 296
section 295(1).
Power, as an administering authority, to decide to make a claim on or realise Section 301
a financial assurance.

Power, as an administering authority, to by written notice require an applicant Section 304
to give a compliance statement for a financial assurance before deciding an
application to amend or discharge the financial assurance.
Power, as an administering authority, to approve or refuse an application by Section 305
the holder of an environmental authority to amend the amount or form of a
financial assurance stated in a notice given under section 296 or to discharge
a financial assurance.
Power, as an administering authority, to require a change of the amount of a     Section 306
financial assurance.
Power, as an administering authority to, in the circumstances referred to in     Section 307
subsection (1), give notice stating how much of the financial assurance has
been used and requiring it be replenished.
Power, as the administering authority, to recover from the holder of an          Section 308
environmental authority as a debt, outstanding annual fees.

Power, as an administering authority, to change the anniversary day for an       Section 310
environmental authority for which an annual fee is prescribed, in the
circumstances provided for by section 310(1)(a) and 310(1)(b).
Power, as an administering authority, to change an anniversary day for an        Section 311
environmental authority.

Power, as an administering authority, to, in the circumstances specified in      Section 314
section 314(1)(a) and 314(1)(b):-
   (a)     require the holder of the environmental authority to make a site-
           specific application for a new environmental authority under
           Chapter 5 Part 2 or make an amendment application for the
           authority under Chapter 5 Part 7; and
   (b)     give written notice of the proposed requirement prior to making it.
Power, as an administering authority, to ask any entity for advice, comment      Section 315
or information about an application made under Chapter 5.

Power to make submissions about a proposed ERA standard.                         Section 318A
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