Local Government (Auckland Law Reform) Bill

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Hon Rodney Hide

Local Government (Auckland Law Reform) Bill

Government Bill

112—2

As reported from the Auckland Governance Legislation Committee

Contents

Commentary

Key

1 Title

2 Commencement

3 Purpose

Part 1
Amendments to Local Government (Tamaki Makaurau Reorganisation) Act 2009

4 Principal Act amended

4A Purpose of this Part

5 Commencement

6 Background and purpose of Act

7 Outline of Act

8 Interpretation

9 Part 2 repealed

10 Governing body of Transition Agency

11 Functions and duties of Transition Agency

12 Appointment of electoral officer for October 2010 triennial general elections

13 Appointment of interim chief executive for Auckland Council

14 Interim chief executive may appoint staff and enter into contracts

15 New sections 18AA and 18A inserted

16 Transition Agency may exercise powers under section 18 in certain circumstances

17 Preparation of planning document

17 New section 19A substituted

18 New section 19B inserted

19 New sections 21A to 21C inserted

20 New section 26A inserted

20A Dissolution of Auckland Transition Agency

21 Obligations of existing local authorities in relation to 2010/2011 annual report

22 New sections 29DAA to 29G inserted

22A No October 2010 triennial general election for existing local authorities

22B New section 34A inserted

23 Dissolution of existing local authorities

24 New sections 35A to 35L inserted

25 Schedule

23 New subparts 3 and 4 substituted

Governor-General's powers

Ministerial powers

Public officials' duties

Board promoting issues of significance for mana whenua groups and mataawaka of Tamaki Makaurau

Application of Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 and Regulations (Disallowance) Act 1989

Local Government (Watercare Services Limited) Order 2007

Relationship of this Part to enactments applying to existing local government organisations

26 New Schedules 2 to 4 added

Part 2
Amendments to Local Government (Auckland Council) Act 2009

27 Principal Act amended

27A Purpose of this Part

28 Commencement

29 New section 3 substituted

30 Interpretation

31 Relationship between this Act and Local Government Act 2002 and Local Electoral Act 2001

32 Auckland Council established

33 Decision-making of Council shared between governing body and local boards

34 Mayor of Auckland

35 Membership of local boards

36 New section 11A inserted

37 New section 13A inserted

38 Decision-making responsibilities of governing body

39 Decision-making responsibilities of local boards

39A New heading inserted before section 18

39B Heading before section 19 repealed

39C New section 19A inserted

40 Local board plans

40A New section 21 substituted

40B Local board agreements to be included in LTCCP and annual plan

40C Local board may propose bylaws

40D Local board must consult on proposed bylaw

41 Application of Schedule 7 of Local Government Act 2002 to local boards

42 New sections 32A and 32B inserted

43 Local Government Commission to determine boundaries of Auckland

44 Order in Council to give effect to determinations

45 New Parts 4 to 8 substituted

Auckland Transport

Governing body of Auckland Transport

Functions, powers, etc, of Auckland Transport

Auckland Council's role in transport matters

Miscellaneous provisions relating to Auckland Transport

Auckland water organisation may propose bylaws

Powers of Auckland water organisation

Nuisances created by Auckland water organisation

Rating of certain land owned by Auckland water organisation

Offences and liability for damage

Council to consult other Auckland water organisations when assessing water and other sanitary services

Substantive council-controlled organisations

Disputes between local boards and governing body

Development contributions

Prohibition on establishment of community boards

Review of representation arrangements

Auditor-General to review Council's service performance

Council employee elected to local board must resign before taking up position

Representation on port company board

46 New Schedules 2 and 3 added

Part 3AA
Preliminary provisions

46A Purpose of this Part and Parts 3, 4, and 5

46B Application of Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 and Regulations (Disallowance) Act 1989

46C Transitional regulations

Part 3
Savings, transitional provisions, and related matters (except employment)

Subpart 1AAPreliminary matters

47AA Overview of this Part

47AB Interpretation

47AC Relationship between this Part and other enactments

Subpart 1Amendments and repeals, and related matters

47 Consequential amendments

48 Repeal of Auckland Metropolitan Drainage Act 1960

49 Repeal of Local Government (Auckland) Amendment Act 2004

50 Disestablishment of Auckland Regional Transport Authority

51 Existing regional land transport programme and regional land transport strategy for Auckland continues in effect until 30 June 2012

52 Disestablishment of Auckland Regional Transport Network Limited

53 Review of employment provisions

54 Whether employees entitled to redundancy or other compensation

55 Obligations in relation to 2010/2011 annual report

Subpart 2Transitional provisions relating to collective agreements

56 Collective bargaining before 1 November 2010 for variation or new collective agreement to come into force on that date

57 Application of existing collective agreements on and from 1 November 2010

Subpart 3Savings and transitional provisions relating to Auckland Council and its subsidiaries

58 Interpretation

Council governance and framework

59 Prohibition on reorganisation proposals affecting Auckland until after October 2013 triennial general elections

60 October 2013 triennial general elections to be conducted using First Past the Post

First steps for board established by Part 7 of Local Government (Auckland Council) Act 2009

61 First steps for board established by Part 7 of Local Government (Auckland Council) Act 2009

Moratorium on sale of certain Council property

62 Moratorium on sale of certain Council property

Existing directors and board members of council-controlled organisations and council organisations

63 Existing directors and board members of council-controlled organisations and council organisations

Council-controlled organisations

64 Half-yearly report replaced with 4-month report

64A Auckland Regional Holdings

64B Council dealings with directors of council-controlled organisations appointed under Reorganisation Act

Watercare Services Limited

65 Watercare Services Limited treated as local government organisation

66 Obligations on Watercare Services Limited until 30 June 2012

67 Official information

68 Statement of corporate intent

69 Completion of statement of corporate intent

70 Reports and accounts

71 How Watercare Services Limited to set prices

72 Members, local board members, and employees of Auckland Council must not be directors of Watercare Services Limited

73 Restrictions on form and asset ownership of Watercare Services Limited

74 Watercare Services Limited to administer and enforce trades waste bylaws

74A Offences for breach of Auckland Regional Council Trades Waste Bylaw 1991

74B Requiring authority status of Watercare Services Limited

Acquisition of shareholding in Auckland International Airport Limited

75 Exemption from Takeovers Code in relation to Auckland International Airport Limited shares

Interim rating matters

75A District valuation roll, rating information database, and rates records

75B Charges on rates

75C Consolidation of charges on rates

75D Council authorised to collect and deal with balance of rating matters for 2010/2011 financial year

Rates for 2011/2012 financial year

75E Rates for 2011/2012 financial year

75F Wastewater rate for 2011/2012 financial year

75G Council otherwise prohibited from setting rates for 2011/2012 financial year

75H Application of Local Government (Rating) Act 2002 to rates for 2011/2012 financial year

Payment of rates for 2010/2011 and 2011/2012 financial years

75I Payment of rates for 2010/2011 and 2011/2012 financial years

General rate for 2012/2013 financial year must be set using capital value of land

75J General rate for 2012/2013 financial year must be set using capital value of land

Mechanism to adjust significant changes resulting from Council moving to single rating system

76 Purpose of sections 77 to 80

77 Interpretation

78 Council may have rates transition management policy for 3-year period commencing 1 July 2012

79 How Council must apply rates transition management policy

80 Local Government (Rating) Act 2002 otherwise applies

Other rating matters

81 District valuation roll, rating information database, and rates records

82 Council authorised to collect and deal with balance of rating matters for 2010/2011 financial year

83 Rates for 2011/2012 financial year

84 Targeted rates proposals in 2011/2012 financial year

85 Charges on rates

Rates as security

86 Rates as security

Planning document prepared by Transition Agency

87AA Planning document must be treated as satisfying sections 93 and 95 of Local Government Act 2002

87AB Policies included in planning document must be treated as policies of Council

87 Certain policies in planning document have effect only in former districts and must be replaced by 30 June 2012

87A Allocation in planning document of decision-making responsibility for non-regulatory activities of Council fixed until certain plan adopted

First local board plans and agreements

87B First local board plans

87C First local board agreements

Reports prepared by existing local authorities under section 29C of Reorganisation Act

87D Reports prepared by existing local authorities under section 29C of Reorganisation Act

Reports prepared by terminating organisations under section 40 of Reorganisation Act

87E Reports prepared by terminating organisations under section 40 of Reorganisation Act

Development contributions

88 Development contributions already made or owed

88 Development contributions already held, owed to, or required by existing local authorities

89 Interim development contributions policy

90 Development contributions for water infrastructure

90 Development contributions for water supply or wastewater services infrastructure to be used by Watercare Services Limited

90A Auckland water organisation must not require further contribution unless increase in scale or intensity of development

91 Development contributions for transport infrastructure

Financial contributions

91A Financial contributions already made or owed to existing local authorities

91B Financial contributions for water supply or wastewater services infrastructure to be used by Watercare Services Limited

91C Council prohibited from requiring financial contributions after 1 July 2011 for Watercare Services Limited infrastructure

Bylaws

92 Bylaws about Auckland transport system that are transport-related

93 Bylaws about solid waste

94 Bylaws about matters other than transport and solid waste

Policies of existing local authorities

95AA Policies (transport-related)

95 Policies (other than transport-related)

Statutory warrants

96 Statutory warrants relating to transport law

97 Statutory warrants relating to law other than transport law

Fees and charges

98 Fees and charges: regulatory services

99 Fees and charges: non-regulatory services

98 Fees and charges

Standing orders

100 Standing orders

Delegations

101 Delegations (other than in relation to Resource Management Act 1991)

101A Delegations under Resource Management Act 1991

101B Delegations by New Zealand Transport Agency to existing local authority

Building

102 Building

Civil defence emergency management

103 Civil defence emergency management

Fire authority appointments

104 Fire authority appointments

104A Council may direct Principal Rural Fire Officer to perform functions in former district other than own former district

Resource management

105AA Section 81 of Resource Management Act 1991 does not apply to areas within Auckland Council jurisdiction

105 Resource management

105A Designations of existing local authorities that relate to transport activities

Other planning matters

106 Auckland regional growth strategy

107 Appeals against change or variation under Local Government (Auckland) Amendment Act 2004

107A Existing regional land transport programme and regional land transport strategy for Auckland continue in effect until 30 June 2012

Tax

108 Tax

108 Tax

Solid waste

109 Solid waste

Titles to land

110 Titles to land

Establishment of Pacific and Ethnic Advisory Panels for Auckland

111 Establishment of Pacific and Ethnic Advisory Panels for Auckland

Remuneration Authority determination

112 Remuneration Authority determination

Regional facilities Acts

113 Effect of dissolution of existing local authorities on regional facilities Acts

Subpart 4Savings and transitional provisions relating to local authorities other than Auckland Council

114 Long-term council community plans

115 Annual plans for 2011/2012 financial year

116 Regional land transport programme and regional land transport strategy

117 Solid waste

118 Section 81 of Resource Management Act 1991 applies

119 Resource management

120 Development contributions owed or required by Franklin District Council and not transferred to Auckland Council

121 Hauraki District Council and Waikato District Council may require development contributions in accordance with schedules prepared under section 29G of Reorganisation Act

Part 4
Transitional provisions relating to employment

Subpart 1Preliminary matters

122 Overview of Part

123 Interpretation

124 Advance exercise of powers

Subpart 2Review of employment positions

125 Review of employment positions

126 Transfer of employment positions

127 Employees who neither accept nor decline offer of position that is not same or substantially similar or position at different location

Subpart 3Redundancy and other compensation

128 Employees not entitled to redundancy or other compensation just because position or employer ceases to exist

129 Whether employees entitled to redundancy or other compensation

130 Compensation if employee accepts position at new location

131 Compensation deferred if permanent employee accepts fixed term employment

132 Which employer responsible for paying compensation

Subpart 4Related matters

133 Continuity of employment

134 KiwiSaver Act 2006 does not apply to transferred employee

135 Application of Part 6A of Employment Relations Act 2000

Subpart 5Collective bargaining and collective agreements

136 Collective bargaining before 1 November 2010 for variation of collective agreement or for new collective agreement to come into force on that date

137 Application of existing collective agreements on and from 1 November 2010

Part 5
Amendments and repeals

138 Consequential amendments

139 Repeal of Auckland Metropolitan Drainage Act 1960

Schedule 1
New Schedules 2 to 4 added to Local Government (Tamaki Makaurau Reorganisation) Act 2009

Schedule 2
New Schedule 3 added to Local Government (Auckland Council) Act 2009

Schedule 3
Enactments amended, repealed, or revoked

Schedule 4
Provisions that apply to certain employees of Auckland Regional Transport Authority and Auckland Regional Transport Network Limited

Schedule 5
Redundancy and compensation provisions that apply to certain employees of Auckland Regional Transport Authority and Auckland Regional Transport Network Limited

Legislative history


The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows: