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Local Government (Auckland Council) Act 2009

Transport management for Auckland - Auckland Transport

41: Status and powers of Auckland Transport

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"Auckland Transport's role and what it is allowed to do"

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Auckland Transport can do things to perform its functions. You know it has the power to carry on or undertake any activity or business, do any act, or enter into any transaction. It also has full rights, powers, and privileges to do these things.

Auckland Transport's powers are subject to the rest of this Act, which means there may be some limits to what it can do.

You can find more information about the changes made to Auckland Transport's powers in the Local Government (Auckland Council) Amendment Act 2010.

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Auckland Transport

41Status and powers of Auckland Transport

  1. For the purpose of performing its functions, Auckland Transport has—

  2. full capacity to carry on or undertake any activity or business, do any act, or enter into any transaction; and
    1. for the purposes of paragraph (a), full rights, powers, and privileges.

      1. Subsection (1) is subject to the rest of this Act.

      Notes
      • Section 41: substituted, on , by section 31 of the Local Government (Auckland Council) Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 36).