Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Act 2010

Part 1
Amendments to principal Act

4 Interpretation
  • (1) Section 5(1) is amended by repealing the definition of community outcomes and substituting the following definition:

    community outcomes means the outcomes that a local authority aims to achieve in order to promote the social, economic, environmental, and cultural well-being of its district or region, in the present and for the future.

    (2) Section 5(1) is amended by inserting the following definitions in their appropriate alphabetical order:

    equity security has the meaning given to it in section 2 of the Securities Act 1978

    natural hazard has the meaning given to it in section 2(1) of the Resource Management Act 1991

    reserve fund means money set aside by a local authority for a specific purpose.