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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 2009 - SECT 85A Trust change decisions if no community forum

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 2009 - SECT 85A

Trust change decisions if no community forum

85A Trust change decisions if no community forum

(1) This section applies if—
(a) a trustee council, that is an indigenous regional council, proposes to make a trust change decision; and
(b) a community forum has not been established for the division of the local government where the trust land is located.
(2) A
"trust change decision" is a decision
(a) to put an improvement (including a structure, for example) on trust land; or
(b) to create an interest in trust land (including a lease or mortgage, for example); or
(c) that the trustee council has decided, by resolution, must be dealt with as a trust change proposal within the meaning of section 85 (2) .
(3) The trust change decision has effect only if—
(a) the decision is approved by a majority of the councillors (other than the mayor), regardless of how many councillors take part in any meeting about the decision; and
(b) the councillor for the division of the local government area in which the trust land is located does not vote against approving the decision.