2017-12-12 S&O Agenda - Attachment 1 to Item 7 - Updated Delegations of Authority

                                                                               ATTACHMENT 1

DESCRIPTION OF POWER DELEGATED                                                        LEGISLATION
Power to comply with a requisition notice.                                            Section 69
Power to, in respect of each financial year:                                          Section 112
(a)     determine the prescribed properties within its area; and
(b)     determine the annual contributions payable in respect of prescribed
properties by reference to the categories prescribed under a regulation made
under section 108.
Power to give the owner of a prescribed property a levy notice.                       Section 112(2)
Power to give the chief executive information which is relevant to the                Section 113(3)
determination of an appeal against a local government’s determination, if
required by the chief executive.
Power to amend, revoke or revoke and give a new levy notice if the chief              Section 113(6)
executive allows an appeal.
Power to refund to the appellant any amount paid in respect of contributions, for     Section 113(7)
the financial year to which the notice relates and for any previous financial year,
in excess of the amount calculated in accordance with the chief executive’s
determination.
Power to decide the way in which it keeps an administration fee for performing        Section 117(3)
functions under Part 10 of the Fire and Emergency Service Act.
Power to make payments to the department, for the fund, out of its operating          Section 118(1)
fund from moneys received or recovered by the local government under Part 10.
Power to prepare and submit a return in the approved form                             Section 118(4)
Power to refuse or grant, subject to any conditions, an application to pay            Section 121(2)
contributions by instalments.
Power to engage a debt collector (authorised to perform a debt collection activity    Section 126(1)
under the Debt Collectors (Field Agents and Collection Agents) Act 2014) to
collect any arrears of annual contribution payable by an owner of prescribed
property, and to require by notice in writing the owner to pay an amount by way
of a collection fee
Power to make and levy special rates or charges or separate rates or charges          Section 128A
and to contribute amounts raised to rural fire brigades operating in Council’s
local government area.
Power to consult with the commissioner about the establishment of an SES unit         Section 133(2)
in Council’s local government area.
Power to nominate a person to be the local controller for an SES unit.                Section 134(2)
Power as a local government affected by a disaster to request the commissioner        Section 136(3)
to appoint a person as a SES coordinator.
Power to consult with the commissioner about the appointment of a person as a         Section 136(4)
SES coordinator.
Power to enter an agreement with the Department which sets out the                    Section 140
responsibilities of each party in relation to the SES in Council’s local government
area.
Power to consult with the commissioner about the establishment of an ES unit in       Section 141(2)
Council’s local government area.
Power to consult with the commissioner about the functions of an ES unit in           Section 142(3)
Council’s local government area.
Power to nominate a person to be a ES unit coordinator.                               Section 146(2)
Power to produce to an authorised person any document or record mentioned in          Section 152C(4)
subsection (2)(b).




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