36BPower to make joint management agreement

1. A local authority that wants to make a joint management agreement must—

2. notify the Minister that it wants to do so; and
3. satisfy itself—
   1. that each public authority, iwi authority, and group that represents hapu for the purposes of this Act that, in each case, is a party to the joint management agreement—
      1. represents the relevant community of interest; and
      2. has the technical or special capability or expertise to perform or exercise the function, power, or duty jointly with the local authority; and
   2. that a joint management agreement is an efficient method of performing or exercising the function, power, or duty; and
4. include in the joint management agreement details of—
   1. the resources that will be required for the administration of the agreement; and
   2. how the administrative costs of the joint management agreement will be met.

5. A local authority that complies with subsection (1) may make a joint management agreement.

Notes

• Section 36B: inserted, on 10 August 2005, by section 18 of the Resource Management Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 87).