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

DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY
TITLE:         RIGHT TO INFORMATION

Part 1 - Delegation by the Council to:                            Date:
Chief Executive Officer

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

Delegated Power:

   1. 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 another    Section 22
 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, as an agency, to participate in an external review.                            Section 89(1)
 Power to apply to the information commissioner to participate in an external review   Section 89(2)
 if Council is affected by the decision the subject of the external review.
 Power to apply to the information commissioner to allow Council further time to       Section 93(1)
 deal with the access application which has become the subject of an application
 for an external review concerning a deemed decision in relation to an access
 application.
 Power to comply with a reasonable request from the Commissioner for further           Section 96(1)
 assistance with an external review.
 Power to make oral or written submissions to the Commissioner in an external          Section
 review.                                                                               97(2)(b)
 Power to seek the approval of the Commissioner for Council to be represented by Section 97(3)
 another person in an external review and to appoint the representative.
 Power to respond to a preliminary inquiry from the Commissioner.                      Section 98
 Power to give the applicant for external review and the commissioner an additional Section 99(1)
 statement containing further and better particulars of the reasons for the decision.
 Power to give the commissioner full and free access at all reasonable times to the    Section 100
 documents of the agency or Minister concerned, including documents protected
 by legal professional privilege.

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