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Local Government Act 2002

Council-controlled organisations and council organisations - Establishment

56: Consultation required before council-controlled organisation established

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“Councils must ask the public before creating or joining special organisations they control”

When you want to set up or become a part-owner of a special organisation that your local council controls, you need to ask the public what they think first. This is called consultation. You must do this consultation in the way described in section 82 of the law.

You can do this consultation in two ways. You can do it as part of another plan you’re working on, or you can include it in your long-term plan for the area. A long-term plan is a big document that says what your council wants to do over the next few years.

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Part 5 Council-controlled organisations and council organisations
Establishment

56Consultation required before council-controlled organisation established

  1. Before a local authority may establish or become a shareholder in a council-controlled organisation, the local authority must undertake consultation in accordance with section 82.

  2. The consultation required in subsection (1) may be undertaken as part of another proposal or as part of a long-term plan.

Notes
  • Section 56(1): replaced, on , by section 18 of the Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Act 2014 (2014 No 55).
  • Section 56(2): amended, on , by section 49 of the Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 124).