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Local Government Act 2002

Regulations, other Orders in Council, and rules - Rules establishing requirements of form

261I: Secretary may make rules establishing requirements of form

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“Rules for making local council information easy for everyone to understand”

The Secretary can make rules about how local authorities should present information to the public. These rules are meant to make sure that everyone, including people with disabilities, can easily access and understand the information. They also aim to make the information easy to use for research.

Before making these rules, the Secretary must talk to all local authorities. They also need to tell everyone about the rules they want to make by putting a notice in the Gazette. This notice will give people time to share their thoughts on the proposed rules.

The rules will start working 28 days after they are published, or on a later date if the rules say so. These rules are a type of law called secondary legislation. This means they have to follow certain rules about how they are published.

You can find more information about how secondary legislation is published in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

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Part 11 Regulations, other Orders in Council, and rules
Rules establishing requirements of form

261ISecretary may make rules establishing requirements of form

  1. The Secretary may make rules establishing requirements of form for information or documents that a local authority is required under this Act or any other Act to make publicly available or to provide to anyone.

  2. The purposes for which rules may be made under subsection (1) are—

  3. to ensure that information or documents that a local authority is required to make publicly available are widely accessible, including to persons with disabilities:
    1. to ensure that information that a local authority is required to make publicly available is presented in a reusable format to facilitate collation or research.

      1. Before making any such rules, the Secretary must—

      2. consult every local authority; and
        1. publish in the Gazette a notice of his or her intention to make the rules; and
          1. give interested persons a reasonable time, which must be specified in the notice, to make submissions on the proposal.

            1. Repealed

            2. Rules made under this section are effective 28 days after the date of publication under the Legislation Act 2019, or on any later date that is specified in the rules.

            3. Rules under this section—

            4. are secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements); but
              1. commence in accordance with subsection (5).

                Notes
                • Section 261I: inserted, on , by section 25 of the Local Government Regulatory Systems Amendment Act 2019 (2019 No 6).
                • Section 261I(4): repealed, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).
                • Section 261I(5): amended, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).
                • Section 261I(6): replaced, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).