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Local Government Act 2002

Council-controlled organisations and council organisations - Directors

57: Appointment of directors

You could also call this:

“How to choose people to be in charge of council groups”

You need to follow some rules when you choose people to be directors of a council organisation. Your local authority must have a plan that explains how they will do this. This plan should describe how they will find out what skills, knowledge, and experience are needed for directors. It should also explain how they will choose and pay these directors.

When your local authority wants to make someone a director, they can only choose a person who they think has the right skills, knowledge, or experience. This person needs to be able to guide the organisation and help it achieve its goals.

When your local authority is thinking about what skills directors need, they should also think about whether knowing Māori customs and traditions might be important for running the organisation.

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Part 5 Council-controlled organisations and council organisations
Directors

57Appointment of directors

  1. A local authority must adopt a policy that sets out an objective and transparent process for—

  2. the identification and consideration of the skills, knowledge, and experience required of directors of a council organisation; and
    1. the appointment of directors to a council organisation; and
      1. the remuneration of directors of a council organisation.

        1. A local authority may appoint a person to be a director of a council organisation only if the person has, in the opinion of the local authority, the skills, knowledge, or experience to—

        2. guide the organisation, given the nature and scope of its activities; and
          1. contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation.

            1. When identifying the skills, knowledge, and experience required of directors of a council-controlled organisation, the local authority must consider whether knowledge of tikanga Māori may be relevant to the governance of that council-controlled organisation.

            Notes
            • Section 57(3): inserted, on , by section 21 of the Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Act 2019 (2019 No 54).