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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 2009 - SECT 87 Community forums

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 2009 - SECT 87

Community forums

87 Community forums

(1) This section applies if an indigenous regional council establishes a community forum for the council or, if the council is divided, any of its divisions.
(2) A
"community forum" is a body established by an indigenous regional council to be responsible for meeting with the local community to discuss issues relating to—
(a) trust land; and
(b) planning; and
(c) the delivery of services; and
(d) culture.
(3) The
"local community" is the community living in the local government area or division for which the community forum is established.
(4) A community forum is made up of—
(a) a chairperson, who is the councillor for the division; and
(b) at least 3, but not more than 7, appointed members.
(5) The indigenous regional council must publish the following information—
(a) the name of the community forum;
(b) the names of the members of the community forum.
(6) The information must be published—
(a) on the indigenous regional council’s website; and
(b) in other ways the council considers appropriate.
(7) The indigenous regional council must decide all matters necessary for the operation of its community forums.