2022-02-08 - S&O Agenda - Item 1 - ATTACHMENT 3 - 2021 DELEGATIONS OF AUTHORITY ANNUAL REVIEW REPORT

DESCRIPTION OF POWER DELEGATED                                                          LEGISLATION

Power to close a road (permanently or temporarily) to all traffic, or traffic of a Section 69(1)
particular class, if there is another road or route reasonably available for use by
the traffic.
(a)   Power to close a road to all traffic, or traffic of a particular class:during a Section 69(2)
      temporary obstruction to traffic; or
(b)   if it is in the interests of public safety; or
(c)   if it is necessary or desirable to close the road for a temporary purpose
      (including a fair, for example).
Power to publish notice of closing of road.                                             Section 69(3)
Power to do everything necessary to stop traffic using the road after it is closed.     Section 69(4)
Power to permit the use of any part of a road after it is closed to traffic for a       Section 69(5)
temporary purpose subject to appropriate conditions.
Power to make a temporary road through land adjoining the road to be used while         Section 70(2)
the road is being remade or repaired.
Power to agree with owner or occupier of land regarding local government entry Section 70(3)
and the giving of written or oral notice as specified in section 70(3) and (4) of the and (4)
Local Government Act 2009.
Power to agree with the owner of land the amount of compensation for physical           Sections 70(7)
damage caused by local government entering, occupying or using land under               and (8)
section 70 of the Local Government Act 2009.
Power to fix and advise the owner or occupier or change the permanent level of a        Sections 71(1)
road under section 71 of the Local Government Act 2009.                                 and (3)
Power to agree the amount of compensation payable under section 71 of the Section 71(4)
Local Government Act 2009.
Power, in the circumstances set out in subsection 72(1), to require the entity that Section 72(2)
is conducting the activity to provide information that will enable the local
government to assess the impact of the activity on the road.
Power, in the circumstances set out in subsection 72(1), to assess impact of the Section 72(3)
activity on the roads.
Power to give the entity conducting an activity a direction about the use of the road Section 72(3)(
to lessen the impact or to require the entity to carry out works to lessen the impact a) and (b)
or to pay an amount as compensation for the impact.
Power to recover an amount of compensation payable under subsection                     Section 72(5)
72(3)(b)(ii) in a court.
Power to categorise the roads in the local government area according to the             Section 73
surface of the road.
Power to prepare and keep up to date a map of every road including private roads        Section 74(1)
in the local government area and a register of roads showing the category of every
road, the level of every road that has a fixed level and other particulars prescribed
under a regulation.
Power to approve the carrying out of works on a road or interference with a road        Section 75
or its operation subject to conditions.

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