New Zealand Legislation: Acts

28 Access to material incorporated by reference

• (1) The regional council—

  • (a) must make the material referred to in subsection (2) available for inspection during working hours at the offices of the regional council; and

  • (b) may make copies of the material available in any other 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); and

  • (c) must state in the regional public transport plan—

    • (i) that the material is incorporated in the regional public transport plan; and

    • (ii) that the material is available for inspection during working hours free of charge and the place at which it can be inspected; and

    • (iii) if copies of the material are available under paragraph (b), how and where the copies may be obtained or accessed.

  (2) The material referred to in subsection (1) is—

  • (a) material incorporated by reference in the regional public transport plan:

  • (b) any amendment to, or replacement of, that material that is incorporated in the regional public transport plan or the material referred to in paragraph (a) with the amendments or replacement material incorporated:

  • (c) if the material referred to in paragraph (a) is not in an official New Zealand language, as well as the material itself, an accurate translation of that material in an official New Zealand language.