LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 2009 - SECT 87
Community forums
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 2009 - SECT 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 .
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