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Local Government Act 2002

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

83AA: Summary of information

You could also call this:

“Making a fair summary of plans to share with people”

When you want to tell people about a plan or idea, you need to make a summary. This summary needs to be fair and include all the important parts of the full plan. You can choose how you want to present this summary.

Your summary should tell people where they can find the full plan if they want to read it. You also need to let people know how long they have to share their thoughts about the plan with you.

Remember, this summary is meant to help people understand the main points of your plan quickly and easily.

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83: Special consultative procedure, or

“How your local government asks for your opinion on important matters”

83A: Combined or concurrent consultation, or

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

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

83AASummary of information

A summary of the information contained in a statement of proposal must—
be a fair representation of the major matters in the statement of proposal; and
be in a form determined by the local authority; and
indicate where the statement of proposal is available; and
state the period within which persons interested in the proposal may present their views to the local authority.

Notes

Section 83AA: inserted, on 8 August 2014, by section 25 of the Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Act 2014 (2014 No 55).