2019-02-12 Attachment 3 to Item 5 - Delegations No Changes

DESCRIPTION OF POWER DELEGATED                                                        LEGISLATION

Power to submit objection to application for opening or closing of road in local Section 68
government area by someone other than the local government.
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.
Power to close a road to all traffic, or traffic of a particular class:       Section 69(2)
(a) during a 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 Section 70(2)
while 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 allow additional time to submit a claim for compensation in relation to a Section 70(6)
temporary road.
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 Sections 71(1)
a 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 to assess impact on roads of specified activities under section 72 of the Section 72
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 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 Section 74
roads 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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