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Local Government (Auckland Council) Act 2009

Transport management for Auckland - Miscellaneous provisions relating to Auckland Transport

53: Validity of directors' acts

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"Directors' decisions are valid even if there was a problem with their appointment"

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If you are a director, chairperson, or deputy chairperson of Auckland Transport, your actions are valid. This is true even if there was a problem with how you were appointed. It is also true if the reason for your appointment has ended or had not started yet. You can find more information about this in the Local Government (Auckland Council) Amendment Act 2010.

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Part 4Transport management for Auckland
Miscellaneous provisions relating to Auckland Transport

53Validity of directors' acts

  1. The acts of a person as a director, chairperson, or deputy chairperson of Auckland Transport are valid even though—

  2. a defect existed in the appointment of the person; or
    1. the occasion for the person's acts, or for his or her appointment, had not arisen or had ended.

      Notes
      • Section 53: added, on , by section 31 of the Local Government (Auckland Council) Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 36).