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Building Act 2004

Regulatory responsibilities and accreditation - Miscellaneous responsibilities - Power of Minister to appoint person to perform functions and duties, or exercise powers, of territorial authority

281: Requirements for appointment

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“ Rules for choosing someone to help run a local council when it needs extra support ”

If the Minister wants to appoint someone to do the job of a territorial authority, they must follow certain rules. You need to know that the Minister has to tell the territorial authority in writing at least 15 working days before they make the appointment. The Minister also has to say how long the appointment will last.

The Minister can decide on any terms and conditions for the appointment that they think are right. They can also renew the appointment if they follow the rules in section 278.

If you’re appointed to do this job, you can quit if you want to. But you have to tell the Minister in writing at least 20 working days before you plan to leave.

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Part 3 Regulatory responsibilities and accreditation
Miscellaneous responsibilities: Power of Minister to appoint person to perform functions and duties, or exercise powers, of territorial authority

281Requirements for appointment

  1. The Minister—

  2. may make an appointment under section 277 only if he or she has given the territorial authority not less than 15 working days' written notice of his or her intention to do so; and
    1. must specify the period for which the appointment is made.

      1. The appointment may—

      2. be on any terms and conditions that the Minister thinks fit; and
        1. be renewed in accordance with section 278.

          1. A person appointed under section 277 may resign from his or her appointment by giving not less than 20 working days' written notice of his or her intention to resign to the Minister.

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