Local Government Act 2002

156 Special consultative procedure must be used in making, amending, or revoking bylaw made under this Act

• (1) A local authority must use the special consultative procedure (as modified by section 86) in—

  • (a) making a bylaw under this Act:

  • (b) amending a bylaw made under this Act:

  • (c) revoking a bylaw made under this Act.

  (2) Despite subsection (1)(b), a local authority may, by resolution publicly notified,—

  • (a) make minor changes to, or correct errors in, a bylaw, but only if the changes or corrections do not affect—

    • (i) an existing right, interest, title, immunity, or duty of any person to whom the bylaw applies; or

    • (ii) an existing status or capacity of any person to whom the bylaw applies:

  • (b) convert an imperial weight or measure specified in a bylaw into its metric equivalent or near metric equivalent.

  Section 156: substituted, on 28 June 2006, by section 17 of the Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 26).