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Local Government Act 1974

Roads (other than regional roads), service lanes, and access ways

318A: Transfer of responsibilities between regional councils and territorial authorities

You could also call this:

"When bigger and smaller councils swap jobs and responsibilities"

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You can think of a regional council as a group that helps manage a bigger area, and a territorial authority as a group that helps manage a smaller area. A regional council can give some of its jobs to a territorial authority under section 17 of the Local Government Act 2002. A territorial authority can also give some of its jobs to a regional council under section 17 of the Local Government Act 2002.

When we talk about jobs, we mean any responsibility, duty, or legal obligation that a council has. This includes jobs that have been given to them by someone else under section 17 of the Local Government Act 2002. It also includes any powers that come with those jobs.

You might see the term "responsibility" used to describe the jobs that councils have, and it's good to know what that means.

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Part 21Roads (other than regional roads), service lanes, and access ways

318ATransfer of responsibilities between regional councils and territorial authorities

  1. A regional council may transfer 1 or more of its responsibilities under this Part to a territorial authority under section 17 of the Local Government Act 2002.

  2. A territorial authority may transfer 1 or more of its responsibilities under this Part to a regional council under section 17 of the Local Government Act 2002.

  3. In this section, responsibility means any responsibility, duty, or legal obligation under this Act and includes—

  4. a responsibility that has previously been transferred under section 17 of the Local Government Act 2002; and
    1. any powers associated with the responsibility, duty, or legal obligation.

      Notes
      • Section 318A: inserted, on , by section 42 of the Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Act 2019 (2019 No 54).