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Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987

Miscellaneous provisions

55: Regulations

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"Rules made by the Governor-General to help the law work properly"

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The Governor-General can make regulations for certain purposes. You need to know that these purposes include deciding what forms people must use when applying for things under this Act. The Governor-General can also make regulations about how much people should be charged for certain things. Regulations can be made to help make sure the Act works properly. The Minister must talk to certain people before recommending that regulations be made for the purposes of Part 6A. This includes regional councils and territorial authorities that might be affected by the regulations. The Minister must also talk to other people and organisations they think are appropriate. However, the Minister does not have to talk to these people if they think a proposed change to the regulations will have only a minor effect. You can find out more about what regulations are and how they are published by looking at Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

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Part 8Miscellaneous provisions

55Regulations

  1. The Governor-General may from time to time, by Order in Council, make regulations for all or any of the following purposes:

  2. prescribing forms of applications and other documents required for the purposes of this Act, or authorising any person to prescribe or approve such forms:
    1. prescribing reasonable charges or scales of reasonable charges for the purposes of this Act:
      1. providing for such matters as are contemplated by or necessary for giving full effect to this Act and for its due administration.

        1. The Minister must not recommend that regulations be made for the purposes of Part 6A unless they have consulted—

        2. each regional council and territorial authority that the Minister considers may be affected by the proposed regulations; and
          1. the persons and organisations that the Minister considers appropriate to consult.

            1. However, the Minister is not required to consult the entities set out in subsection (1A)(a) if satisfied that a proposed amendment to regulations has no more than a minor effect, corrects errors, or makes similar technical alterations.

            2. Regulations under this section are secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

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            Notes
            • Section 55(1A): inserted, on , by section 9 of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Amendment Act 2023 (2023 No 41).
            • Section 55(1B): inserted, on , by section 9 of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Amendment Act 2023 (2023 No 41).
            • Section 55(2): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).