LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 - SECT 47G Public hearings
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 - SECT 47G
Public hearings47G Public hearings
(1) In this section,
"public hearing" means any public hearing required to be arranged under this Part.
(2) The person presiding at a public hearing must not be--(a) a councillor or employee of the council holding the public hearing, or(b) a person who has been a councillor or employee of that council at any time during the 5 years before the date of his or her appointment.
(3) Not later than 4 days after it has received a report from the person presiding at the public hearing as to the result of the hearing, the council must make a copy of the report available for inspection by the public at a location within the area of the council.