2014-05-20 Planning & Organisation Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                     20 MAY 2014



DESCRIPTION OF POWER DELEGATED                                                      LEGISLATION

Power to agree and to pay the amount of compensation payable to a person Section 147
who incurs damage or loss during the course of the exercise, or purported
exercise, of a power under division 2, part 2, chapter 5 of the Local Government
Act 2009.
Legal Provisions

Power to sign a document on behalf of a local government as a delegate of the Section 236
local government.
Power to effect substituted service.                                                Section 239
Power to authorise an employee in any legal proceedings –                           Section 240(1)
(a) to give instructions and act as the authorised agent for the local
government; and
(b) sign all documents for the local government.

2. To exercise the powers of council pursuant to the Local Government Regulation 2012.

DESCRIPTION OF POWER DELEGATED                                                    LEGISLATION

Rates & Charges
Power to identify, in any way considered appropriate, parcels of rateable land    Section 77(2)
to which a minimum amount of general rates apply.
Power to allow a longer period than prescribed for the owner of land to object    Section 88(4)(d)
to the categorisation of the owner’s land for rating purposes.                    (ii)
Power to allow a longer period within which an owner of rateable land must        Section 90(5)(b)
give an objection notice.
Power to determine a period considered appropriate for the issue of a rate Section 107(1)
notice.
Power to give a benefit that is not a discount as an inducement for payment of    Section 131
rates or charges before the due date for payment.
Power to recover overdue rates or charges by bringing Court proceedings for       Section 134
a debt.
Power to set a reserve price for the sale by auction of land for overdue rates    Section 143(1)
and charges.
Power to enter into negotiations with the highest bidder at the auction to sell   Section 143(2)
the land for overdue rates or charges and to form an agreement to sell the
land.
Reporting Missing Property
Power to give written notice to the auditor general and the police of missing     Section 307A
property of the local government which has a total value of $1,000.00 or more.




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