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Natural Environment Bill

Key roles - Transfer and delegation of powers - Joint management agreements

236: Power to make joint management agreement

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"Working together: How regional councils can make joint agreements"

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If you are a regional council, you can make a joint management agreement. You must tell the Minister you want to do this. You also need to make sure the other group you are working with represents the community and has the right skills. You need to think about if making a joint management agreement is the best way to do things. You have to include details about the resources you need and how you will pay for the agreement. If you follow these steps, you can make a joint management agreement. You can enter into a joint management agreement if you do what is said in the first part of this proposal. This means you can work together with another group if you follow the rules.

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Part 5Key roles
Transfer and delegation of powers: Joint management agreements

236Power to make joint management agreement

  1. A regional council that wants to enter into a joint management agreement must—

  2. notify the Minister of its wish; and
    1. satisfy itself—
      1. that for the purposes of this Act a public authority that is a party to the joint management agreement—
        1. represents the relevant community of interest; and
          1. has the technical or special capability or expertise to perform or exercise the function, power, or responsibility jointly with the regional council; and
          2. that a joint management agreement is an efficient method of performing or exercising the function, power, or responsibility; and
          3. include in the joint management agreement details of—
            1. the resources that will be required for the administration of the agreement; and
              1. how the administrative costs of the joint management agreement will be met.

              2. A regional council that complies with subsection (1) may enter into a joint management agreement.