New Zealand Legislation: Acts

11 Notification and provision of copies of plans

• (1) If a regional council adopts or varies a regional public transport plan, the regional council must—

  • (a) ensure that notice is given, as soon as practicable, in the relevant regional newspaper of the adoption or variation of the plan and its availability for inspection and purchase; and

  • (b) give, as soon as practicable, to the operator of every registered commercial public transport service in the region and to every person who has notified the regional council of a proposal to operate a commercial public transport service in the region—

    • (i) written notice of the adoption, and a copy, of the plan (or variation); and

    • (ii) if the plan states under section 13 or 16 a process for determining the transitional arrangements that the regional council will adopt, written notice of the adoption, and a copy, of those arrangements once they have been adopted; and

  • (c) within 20 working days of adopting or varying a regional public transport plan or adopting transitional arrangements pursuant to a process stated in the plan under this Act,—

    • (i) forward a copy of the regional public transport plan, variation, or transitional arrangements to each of the following:

      • (A) the Agency:

      • (B) the Secretary:

      • (C) the Minister of Education:

      • (D) territorial authorities in the region:

      • (E) the relevant regional transport committee:

      • (F) in the case of a plan, a variation, or transitional arrangements adopted by Auckland Transport, the Auckland Council; and

    • (ii) ensure that—

      • (A) copies of the plan, variation, or transitional arrangements are kept at the regional council’s principal office and such other places that the regional council appoints and made available for public inspection, free of charge, and for purchase at a reasonable price; and

      • (B) a copy of the plan, variation, or transitional arrangements is made available on the regional council’s Internet site.

  (2) A regional council (except Auckland Transport) may publish any of a regional public transport plan, a regional land transport programme and a regional land transport strategy as a single document.

  (3) Auckland Transport may publish a regional public transport plan and a regional land transport programme as a single document.

  Section 11(1)(c)(i)(F): amended, on 1 November 2010, by section 113(1) of the Local Government (Auckland Transitional Provisions) Act 2010 (2010 No 37).

  Section 11(2): amended, on 1 November 2010, by section 113(1) of the Local Government (Auckland Transitional Provisions) Act 2010 (2010 No 37).

  Section 11(3): amended, on 1 November 2010, by section 113(1) of the Local Government (Auckland Transitional Provisions) Act 2010 (2010 No 37).