Part 4
Governance and management of local authorities and community
boards
Register of members’ pecuniary interests
54ARegister of members’ pecuniary interests
A local authority must keep a register of the pecuniary interests of—
- members of the local authority; and
- members who have been elected under the
Local Electoral Act 2001
to a community board that is part of the local authority;
and
- members who have been elected under the
Local Electoral Act 2001
to a local board that is part of the local
authority.
-
Repealed The register must comprise the pecuniary interest returns that—
- are made by members under
section 54C; and
- contain all information in any pecuniary interest return
that is required to be disclosed under
sections 54E
and
54F, and include any notifications made under
section 54D
of errors or omissions in those returns.
The local authority must—
- make a summary of the information contained in the
register publicly available; and
- ensure that information contained in the register—
- is only used or disclosed in accordance with the
purpose of the register; and
- is retained for 7 years after the date on which a
member provides the information, and is then removed
from the register.
- is only used or disclosed in accordance with the
purpose of the register; and
Notes
- Section 54A: inserted, on , by section 4 of the Local Government (Pecuniary Interests Register) Amendment Act 2022 (2022 No 24).
- Section 54A(1A): repealed, on , by section 6 of the Resource Management (Natural and Built Environment and Spatial Planning Repeal and Interim Fast-track Consenting) Act 2023 (2023 No 68).