2014-05-20 Planning & Organisation Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                      20 MAY 2014




DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY

TITLE:        RIGHT TO INFORMATION
              Delegation No. 2014-14
Part 1 - Delegation by the Council to:                          Date:
Chief Executive Officer

Part 2 - Delegation by the Chief Executive Officer to:          Date approved:


Source of Authority:
Local Government Act 2009– Section 257
Right to Information Act 2009

Delegated Power:

To exercise the powers of council pursuant to the Right to Information Act 2009.

DESCRIPTION OF POWER DELEGATED                                                        LEGISLATION

Power to disclose information under a publication scheme, without limiting            Section 22
another way Council may disclose information.
Power to give access to a document created after the application is received but      Section 27(2)
before notice is given under section 54.
Power to search for a document from a backup system if Council considers the          Section 29(2)
search appropriate.
Power to appoint an appropriately qualified healthcare professional to make a         Section
healthcare decision in relation to an access application.                             30(5)(b)
Power to:                                                                            Section 35
   (1) ask the applicant for a further specified period to consider the application;
   (2) make additional requests for further specified periods under subsection
       (1); and
   (3) continue to consider the application and make a considered decision in
       relation to it only if—
       (a) Council has asked the applicant for a further specified period under
           subsection (1); and
       (b) the applicant has not refused the request; and
       (c) Council has not received notice that the applicant has applied for
           review under this Act.
Power to make an agreement with the applicant to extend the prescribed period.        Section 36(7)



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