PART 3

PROMOTING ACCESS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
CHAPTER 2

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN DECISION-MAKING BY PRINCIPAL COUNCILS

Principal councils’ duty to encourage participation in local government

Public participation strategy: consultation and review
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1
A principal council’s first public participation strategy must be published as soon as reasonably practicable after section 40 comes into force.
2
In preparing that strategy the council must consult—
a
local people, and
b
such other persons as it considers appropriate.
3
A principal council—
a
must review its public participation strategy as soon as reasonably practicable following each ordinary election of councillors to the council, and
b
may review its strategy at any other time.
4
In conducting a review of a public participation strategy under subsection (3)(a) a principal council must consult—
a
local people, and
b
such other persons as it considers appropriate.
5
Following a review under subsection (3) a principal council may revise its public participation strategy, or replace it with a new strategy.
6
But before revising or replacing its public participation strategy following a review under subsection (3)(b) a principal council must consult—
a
local people, and
b
such other persons as it considers appropriate.
7
If a principal council revises or replaces a public participation strategy, it must publish the revised or new strategy as soon as reasonably practicable.