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Local Government Act 2002

Regulatory, enforcement, and coercive powers of local authorities - Enforcement powers - Administration of enforcement may be contracted out

179: Contracting out administration of enforcement

You could also call this:

“Letting others help run the city's rules, but the city stays in charge”

You need to know that a local authority can give the job of managing its rules and regulations to another local authority or someone else. This means they can let others handle things like enforcing rules, doing inspections, giving out licenses, and other office tasks.

Even if the local authority lets someone else do these jobs, it’s important to understand that they are still in charge. They have to make sure everything is done properly and they are responsible if something goes wrong.

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Part 8 Regulatory, enforcement, and coercive powers of local authorities
Enforcement powers: Administration of enforcement may be contracted out

179Contracting out administration of enforcement

  1. A local authority may contract out to any other local authority or other person the administration of its regulatory functions, including, without limitation, the operational aspects of enforcement, inspection, licensing, and other administrative matters.

  2. If any aspects of the administration of bylaws or other regulatory functions of the local authority are contracted out under this section, the local authority retains responsibility for the manner in which those tasks are undertaken, including legal responsibility.