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Local Government Act 2002

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

93E: Additional content of consultation document for adoption or amendment of long-term plan where section 97 applies to proposed decision

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“Extra information needed when changing big plans that involve important decisions”

When you want to adopt or change a long-term plan, and this plan involves a decision covered by section 97, you need to include some extra information in your consultation document. This consultation document is mentioned in section 93C or 93D.

You need to explain the details of what you’re planning to do and why you want to do it. You also need to look at all the reasonable options, including your proposed plan, and explain them. This analysis is mentioned in section 77(1).

If you’re planning to give ownership or control of an important asset to someone else, you need to do two more things. First, you need to explain how you’ll check if they’re doing a good job with the asset. Second, you need to see if there might be any conflicts of interest because of this transfer. If there are any conflicts, you need to say what they are and how you’ll deal with them.

All of this information needs to be in your consultation document so that people can understand what you’re planning and why.

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Planning and decision-making: Planning

93EAdditional content of consultation document for adoption or amendment of long-term plan where section 97 applies to proposed decision

  1. If a consultation document under section 93C or 93D relates to a proposal to provide for the making of a decision to which section 97 applies, that consultation document must include—

  2. the details of the proposed decision:
    1. the reasons for the proposed decision:
      1. an analysis of the reasonably practicable options, including the proposal, identified under section 77(1):
        1. in respect of a proposal to transfer ownership or control of a strategic asset from the local authority to any other person,—
          1. a description of any accountability or monitoring arrangements to be used to assess the performance of that person and any other person in regard to the asset; and
            1. an assessment of whether there are any conflicts of interest arising from the proposed transfer of the control or ownership of the asset, and, if so, what they are and how they will be managed.

            Notes
            • Section 93E: inserted, on , by section 31 of the Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Act 2014 (2014 No 55).