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Resource Management Act 1991

Functions, powers, and duties of central and local government - Powers and duties of local authorities and other public authorities

36D: Effect of joint management agreement

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“Decisions made together are treated like decisions made by the local council.”

When you and a local authority make a decision together under a joint management agreement, it has the same legal power as if the local authority made the decision on its own. This means that the decision you both agreed on is just as important and official as any other decision the local authority makes. It’s like when you and your friend decide something together, and it counts just as much as if your friend had decided it alone.

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Part 4 Functions, powers, and duties of central and local government
Powers and duties of local authorities and other public authorities

36DEffect of joint management agreement

  1. A decision made under a joint management agreement has legal effect as a decision of the local authority.

Notes
  • Section 36D: inserted, on , by section 18 of the Resource Management Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 87).
  • Section 36D: amended, on , by section 150 of the Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 31).