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Local Government Act 2002

Regulatory, enforcement, and coercive powers of local authorities - Enforcement powers - Enforcement of regional council bylaws

180: Enforcement and administration of regional council bylaws

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“How local councils can help enforce and manage rules made by bigger councils”

If a regional council makes a bylaw under subpart 1, a territorial authority in that region can help enforce and manage it in their district. They need the regional council’s permission to do this.

When a territorial authority enforces the bylaw, they handle the fines for breaking it as if it were their own bylaw. This means they collect the money from fines given out in their district.

The territorial authority gets to keep the money from these fines. However, they must follow section 73 of the Public Finance Act 1989 when dealing with this money.

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Part 8 Regulatory, enforcement, and coercive powers of local authorities
Enforcement powers: Enforcement of regional council bylaws

180Enforcement and administration of regional council bylaws

  1. If a regional council has made a bylaw under subpart 1, a territorial authority with jurisdiction in that region may, with the consent of the regional council, undertake within its district the enforcement and administration of that bylaw.

  2. If a bylaw is enforced and administered under subsection (1), fines imposed for breaches committed within the district must—

  3. be dealt with by the territorial authority as if they were fines imposed for breaches of a bylaw of that territorial authority; and
    1. subject to section 73 of the Public Finance Act 1989, be paid to the relevant territorial authority.

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