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Local Government Act 2002

Planning, decision-making, and accountability - Planning and decision-making - Consultation

83A: Combined or concurrent consultation

You could also call this:

“You can do multiple special consultations at once if you need to”

When you need to use a special consultation procedure for a decision or matter, you can do it at the same time as other special consultation procedures you have to do. You don’t have to do this, but you can if you want to.

This rule applies unless another law says you can’t do it. It’s there to make sure you know you have this option.

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Part 6 Planning, decision-making, and accountability
Planning and decision-making: Consultation

83ACombined or concurrent consultation

  1. Where this Act or any other enactment requires a local authority to use or adopt the special consultative procedure in relation to any decision or matter, it may (but is not required to) carry out the consultation at the same time as, or combined with, any other special consultative procedure that it is required to carry out under this or any other enactment.

  2. This section—

  3. applies except to the extent that this Act or any other enactment expressly provides otherwise; and
    1. is for the avoidance of doubt.

      Notes
      • Section 83A: inserted, on , by section 10 of the Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 63).