2014-05-20 Planning & Organisation Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                     20 MAY 2014



DESCRIPTION OF POWER DELEGATED                                                       LEGISLATION
           to be given to the document sought or to some or all of the documents
           sought; or
      (ii) Council had decided that the application was for a document to which
           this Act does not apply; or
     (iii) Council had decided the document or documents sought were
           documents access to which was refused under section 47; or
     (iv) Council had refused to deal with it under this part; or
   (c) in relation to the first application, if made under the Information Privacy
        Act—
       (i) the applicant had been given notice under section 68 of that Act that
           access was to be given to the document sought or to some or all the
           documents sought; or
      (ii) Council had decided that the application was for a document to which
           chapter 3 of that Act does not apply; or
     (iii) Council had decided t the document or documents sought were
           documents access to which was refused under section 67 of that Act;
           or
     (iv) Council had refused to deal with it under chapter 3, part 4 of that Act;
           or
   (d) Council’s decision on the first application—
       (i) is the subject of a review and the review is not complete; or
      (ii) has been the subject of a completed review (other than an internal
           review).
Power to refuse access to a document of the Council.                                 Section 47(3)
Power to decide whether disclosure of a document would, on balance, be               Sections 48(1),
contrary to the public interest                                                      49(1),   50(1),
                                                                                     and 51(1)
Power to give access to all or part of a document despite Council’s power under      Section 48(3)
section 47(3)(a) to refuse access to all or part of the document.
Power to give access to all or part of a document despite Council’s power under      Section 49(5)
section 47(3)(b) to refuse access to all or part of the document.
Power to give access to all or part of a document despite Council’s power under      Section 50(4)
section 47(3)(c) to refuse access to all or part of the document.
Power to give access to all or part of a document despite Council’s power under      Section 51(3)
section 47(3)(d) to refuse access to all or part of the document.
Power to satisfy itself in dealing an application for access to a document that is   Section 52(1)
non-existent or un-locatable, that—
   (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 application      Section 64(1)


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