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Food Act 2014

Provisions relating to recognition, territorial authorities, administration, and enforcement - Territorial authorities - National outcomes for territorial authorities

175: Minister may issue national outcomes for territorial authorities

You could also call this:

"The Minister can set goals for local councils to follow under the Food Act 2014."

The Minister can issue national outcomes for territorial authorities, which are like goals for them to achieve. You can think of these outcomes as targets for territorial authorities to meet when they are doing their jobs under the Food Act 2014. The Minister can also change or cancel these national outcomes.

The Minister must talk to the Minister of Local Government before issuing, changing, or cancelling a national outcome. The Minister must also make sure that they have followed the rules for consulting with people, as set out in section 379, before making any decisions about national outcomes. This is to ensure that everyone affected has a say.

If the Minister issues, changes, or cancels a national outcome, they must let every territorial authority know as soon as possible. They must also publish this information in the Gazette, which is like a official newspaper where important government announcements are made.

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Part 4Provisions relating to recognition, territorial authorities, administration, and enforcement
Territorial authorities: National outcomes for territorial authorities

175Minister may issue national outcomes for territorial authorities

  1. For the purposes of this Act, the Minister may—

  2. issue national outcomes in relation to the performance or exercise by territorial authorities of functions, duties, and powers under this Act, including the measures to determine whether territorial authorities achieve those outcomes:
    1. amend or revoke a national outcome issued under paragraph (a).

      1. The Minister must not issue, amend, or revoke a national outcome under this section unless the Minister—

      2. has first consulted the Minister of Local Government; and
        1. is satisfied that consultation has been carried out in accordance with section 379 with respect to issuing, amending, or revoking that national outcome.

          1. If the Minister issues, amends, or revokes a national outcome, the Minister must, as soon as practicable, notify that fact—

          2. to every territorial authority; and
            1. in the Gazette.