2020-09-08 S&O Agenda - Item 1 - Attachment 3 Delegations of Authority Council to Chief Executive (No Changes)

DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY
TITLE:         ENVIRONMENTAL OFFSET

Delegation by the Council to:                                     Date: 2020

Chief Executive Officer


Source of Authority:
Local Government Act 2009 – Section 257
Environmental Offsets Act 2014
Environmental Offsets Regulation 2014
Delegated Power:

1.   To exercise the powers of Council pursuant to the Environmental Offset Act 2014.

                                                                                     LEGISLATION
DESCRIPTION OF POWER DELEGATED

Power to make an environmental offsets policy available for inspection               Section 12(3)

Power, as an administering agency, to impose an offset condition if the Sections 14 and 15
circumstances in sections 14 and 15 apply.

Power to consider a notice of election and any offset delivery plan.                 Section 19(1)

Power to decide whether it is appropriate to deliver the environmental offset in     Section 19(2) and
the way stated in the notice of election, and any offset delivery plan, or whether   19(3)
the offset should be delivered in a different way and to give notice of the
decision.

Power to agree to amend either or both of the agreed delivery arrangement and Section 19(7)
an offset delivery plan.

Power to give the notice required to be given under subsection (4).                  Section 19A

Power to enter another agreed delivery arrangement.                                  Section 20

Power to decide an application to remove duplicate conditions, make other Section 25A
amendments to the authority, and give notice of the decision.

Power, as a relevant agency, to enter an environmental offset agreement.             Section 26

Power, as a relevant agency, to enter another environmental offset agreement         Section 28
that varies, or terminates and replaces, an earlier environmental offset
agreement.

Power, in the circumstance specified in subsection 35(1)(a), to give a               Section 35
compliance notice in relation to the terms of the environmental offset
agreement.


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