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

DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY
TITLE:          LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT
                LEGAL, RESPONSIBILITES AND OTHER
Delegation by the Council to:                                   Date:
Chief Executive Officer

Source of Authority:
Local Government Act 2009 – Section 257
Local Government Act 2009
Local Government Regulation 2012



Delegated Power:
  1. To exercise the powers of Council pursuant to the Local Government Act 2009.


DESCRIPTION OF POWER DELEGATED                                          LEGISTATION
Power to conduct a joint government activity.                           Section 10
Power to:-                                                              Section 16
    (a) review whether each division of its local government area has
        a reasonable proportion of electors for each councillor elected
        for the division; and
(b) give the electoral commissioner and the Minister written notice
      of the results of the review
no later than 1 March in the year before the quadrennial elections.
Power to make submissions to the change commission in response to Section 19
a request for submissions in relation to a proposed local government
change.
Power to decide the local government’s process for making a local law Section 29(1)
consistent with Chapter 3, Part 1 of the Local Government Act 2009.
Power to consult with relevant government entities about the overall Section 29A(3)
State interest in a proposed local law.
Power to make submission to the Minister about the Minister’s Section 120(3)(d)
proposed exercise of the power.
Power to make a complaint to the assessor about the conduct of a Section 150O(1)
councillor.
Power, as a government entity, to refer a complaint about the conduct Section 150P(2)
of a councillor to the assessor and give the assessor all information
held by the entity that relates to the complaint.
Power, as the person who made the complaint, to comply with a notice Section 150Q(2)
to give the assessor further information about the complaint.

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