Standing orders.pdf - Hutt City Council
Standing orders.pdf - Hutt City Council
Standing orders.pdf - Hutt City Council
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HCC <strong>Standing</strong> Orders 3 August 2004 Issue No. 2 20<br />
agenda and any associated reports to be made available as soon as<br />
reasonable in the circumstances.<br />
[s. 46(4), LGOIMA]<br />
Public notification<br />
additional requirements<br />
Meetings not invalid<br />
because not publicly<br />
notified<br />
14.6<br />
The Chief Executive is to make any other arrangement for the notification<br />
of meetings including extraordinary meetings as the local authority may from<br />
time to time determine.<br />
14.7<br />
No meeting of any local authority is invalid merely because that meeting<br />
was not publicly notified in accordance with standing <strong>orders</strong> 14.3 to 14.5.<br />
[s. 46(5), LGOIMA]<br />
Public notice of meetings<br />
not notified<br />
14.8<br />
Where a local authority becomes aware that any meeting has not been<br />
publicly notified in accordance with standing <strong>orders</strong> 14.3 to 14.5, the local<br />
authority shall, as soon as practicable, give public notice that the meeting<br />
was not so notified, and shall in that notice state the general nature of the<br />
business transacted at that meeting and give the reasons why that meeting<br />
was not so notified.<br />
[s. 46(6), LGOIMA]<br />
Availability of agendas<br />
and reports<br />
14.9<br />
“(1) … any member of the public may, without payment of a fee, inspect,<br />
during normal office hours, within a period of at least two working<br />
days before every meeting, all agendas and associated reports<br />
circulated to members of the local authority and relating to that<br />
meeting.<br />
(2) … the agendas:<br />
(a)<br />
(b)<br />
Shall be available for inspection … at the public offices of the local<br />
authority, (including service delivery centres) and public libraries<br />
under the authority's control; and<br />
Shall be accompanied by either:<br />
(i)<br />
The associated reports; or<br />
(ii) A notice specifying the places at which the associated<br />
reports may be inspected ...<br />
(3) … the associated reports shall be available for inspection … at the<br />
public offices of the local authority.<br />
(4) Any member of the public may take notes from any agenda or<br />
report inspected by that member of the public …<br />
(5) Every member of the public who inspects an agenda or report made<br />
available and who requests a copy of any part of any such agenda or<br />
report and tenders the prescribed amount (if any) shall be given such a copy<br />
as soon as practicable.<br />
(6) Where a meeting is an extraordinary meeting called pursuant to a<br />
resolution of the local authority, the local authority must cause the