New Zealand Legislation: Acts

27 Consultation on proposal to incorporate material by reference

• (1) During consultation on a proposed regional public transport plan, the regional council—

  • (a) must make copies of any material proposed to be incorporated by reference in the plan (or the proposed amendment to, or replacement of, material incorporated by reference in the plan) available during working hours at the offices of the regional council for inspection by the public free of charge; and

  • (b) may make copies of the material proposed to be incorporated by reference in the plan available in any way that the chief executive of the regional council considers appropriate in the circumstances (for example, on an Internet site maintained by or on behalf of the regional council).

  (2) The reference in subsection (1) to any material proposed to be incorporated by reference in a plan includes, if the material is not in an official New Zealand language, an accurate translation of that material in an official New Zealand language.

  (3) If the provision in a regional public transport plan that incorporates material by reference is a control, and that material was not readily available during consultation to the public from other sources, a failure to comply with this section invalidates that control; but any other failure to comply with this section does not invalidate all or part of a plan.