New Zealand Legislation: Acts

17 Form and content of Auckland Transport's regional land transport programmes

• (1) Auckland Transport's regional land transport programme must contain, for the 3 financial years to which the programme relates,—

  • (a) the following activities and combinations of activities that Auckland Transport decides to include in the programme:

    • (i) activities or combinations of activities proposed by Auckland Transport or the governing body of the Auckland Council; and

    • (ii) activities or combinations of activities relating to State highways in the region that are proposed by the Agency; and

    • (iii) activities or combinations of activities, other than those relating to State highways, that the Agency may propose for Auckland and that it wishes to see included in the programme; and

  • (b) any activities or combinations of activities that are proposed by the governing body of the Auckland Council or any other approved organisation to be—

    • (i) included in the programme; and

    • (ii) fully funded from sources other than the national land transport fund; and

  • (c) the order of priority, as determined by Auckland Transport, of the activities or combinations of activities that it decides to include in the programme under paragraph (a); and

  • (d) an assessment of each activity or combination of activities, prepared in accordance with subsection (5) by the organisation that proposed the activity or combination of activities under paragraph (a), which must include—

    • (i) the objective or objectives to be achieved; and

    • (ii) an estimate of the total cost and the cost for each year; and

    • (iii) the expected duration; and

    • (iv) any proposed sources of funding (including, but not limited to, the national land transport fund, tolls, funding from approved organisations, and contributions from other parties); and

    • (v) any other relevant information; and

  • (e) an assessment of each activity or combination of activities, prepared in accordance with subsection (6) by the approved organisation that proposed the activity or combination of activities under paragraph (b), which must include—

    • (i) an estimate of the total cost and the cost for each year; and

    • (ii) the expected duration.

  (2) The programme must contain assessments by Auckland Transport of—

  • (a) how the programme complies with section 15; and

  • (b) the relationship of Police activities or combinations of Police activities to the programme.

  (3) The programme must also include—

  • (a) a statement of transport priorities for the region for the 6 financial years from the start of the programme; and

  • (b) a list of each activity or combination of activities that have been started but are not yet completed; and

  • (c) an identification of those activities or combinations of activities (if any) that have inter-regional significance; and

  • (d) an explanation of the proposed action if it is proposed that an activity or combination of activities be varied, suspended, or abandoned; and

  • (e) an indication of any nationally or regionally significant activities that are likely to be recommended for inclusion in the national land transport programme over the 3 financial years following the programme; and

  • (f) a financial forecast of revenue and expenditure on activities for the 10 financial years from the start of the programme; and

  • (g) a description of how monitoring will be undertaken to assess implementation of the programme; and

  • (h) a summary of the consultation carried out in the preparation of the programme; and

  • (i) a summary of the policy relating to significance adopted by Auckland Transport under section 106(2); and

  • (j) any other relevant matters.

  (4) To include activities or combinations of activities in a national land transport programme, the programme must be in the form and contain the detail that the Agency prescribes in writing to Auckland Transport.

  (5) The assessment under subsection (1)(d) must be in a form and contain the detail required by Auckland Transport, taking account of any prescription made by the Agency under subsection (4).

  (6) The assessment under subsection (1)(e) must be in a form and contain the detail required by Auckland Transport.

  Section 17: substituted, on 1 November 2010, by section 113(1) of the Local Government (Auckland Transitional Provisions) Act 2010 (2010 No 37).