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Food Act 2014

Provisions relating to recognition, territorial authorities, administration, and enforcement - Territorial authorities - Transfer of territorial authority's functions, duties, and powers to another territorial authority or regional council

176: Transfer of functions, duties, and powers to territorial authority or regional council

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"When councils can pass on some of their jobs to other councils or regional councils"

If you are a territorial authority with certain jobs to do under this law, you can give some of those jobs to another territorial authority or a regional council. You can do this under the Local Government Act 2002, but the other authority or council must agree in writing to take on the jobs. They must also be able to achieve the national outcomes set out under section 175 for your area.

If the other authority or council meets these conditions, you can transfer the jobs to them. However, there is one job you cannot give away, which is the job of a recognised agency. You must keep this job and cannot transfer it to another authority or council.

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Part 4Provisions relating to recognition, territorial authorities, administration, and enforcement
Territorial authorities: Transfer of territorial authority's functions, duties, and powers to another territorial authority or regional council

176Transfer of functions, duties, and powers to territorial authority or regional council

  1. A territorial authority that has functions, duties, and powers under this subpart may, under the Local Government Act 2002, transfer any of those functions, duties, and powers to another territorial authority or to a regional council if the other territorial authority or the regional council—

  2. agrees in writing to the transfer; and
    1. is able to meet any national outcomes issued under section 175 for the relevant district.

      1. However, a territorial authority may not transfer the function of a recognised agency.