LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 2009 - SECT 202 Appointing authorised persons

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 2009 - SECT 202

202 Appointing authorised persons

(1) The chief executive officer may appoint a qualified person to be an authorised person.

(2) A person is qualified to be an authorised person if the person—

(a) has the competencies—

(i) that the chief executive officer considers are necessary to perform the responsibilities that are required to be performed by the authorised person; or

(ii) prescribed under a regulation; and

(b) is either—

(i) an employee of the local government; or

(ii) another type of person prescribed under a regulation.

(3) Also, a person is qualified to be an authorised person of a local government (the
"adopting local government" ) if—

(a) the person is an authorised person for another local government; and

(b) the adopting local government has, by resolution, decided that authorised persons of the other local government may be appointed as authorised persons of the adopting local government.

(4) The appointment of an authorised person must state the provisions of this Act for which the authorised person is appointed.

(5) An authorised person’s appointment is subject to the conditions stated in—

(a) the document that appoints the authorised person; or

(b) a notice given to the authorised person by the chief executive officer; or

(c) a regulation.