PART 3PROMOTING ACCESS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

CHAPTER 2PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN DECISION-MAKING BY PRINCIPAL COUNCILS

Principal councils' duty to encourage participation in local government

I139Duty to encourage local people to participate in decision-making by principal councils

1

A principal council must encourage local people to participate in the making of decisions by the council (including the making of decisions in partnership or in conjunction with any other person).

2

In subsection (1), a reference to the making of decisions includes a reference to the making of decisions by a person in relation to the exercise of a function delegated to that person by a principal council.

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This section applies to a corporate joint committee as it applies to a principal council and references in subsections (1) and (2) to a principal council are to be construed accordingly.