Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987

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Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987

Public Act		1987 No 174
Date of assent		17 July 1987
Commencement		see section 1(2)

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The Parliamentary Counsel Office has made editorial and format changes to this version using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

Note 4 at the end of this version provides a list of the amendments included in it.

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	Title
1	Short Title and commencement
2	Interpretation
2A	Temporary definition of publicly notified as result of outbreak of COVID-19 [Repealed]
3	Act to bind the Crown
4	Purposes
	Part 1 Access to local authority information
5	Principle of availability
6	Conclusive reasons for withholding official information
7	Other reasons for withholding official information
8	Information concerning existence of certain information
9	Exclusion of public interest immunity
	Part 2 Requests for access to information held by local authorities
10	Requests
11	Assistance
12	Transfer of requests
13	Decisions on requests
14	Extension of time limits
15	Documents
16	Deletion of information from documents
17	Refusal of requests
17A	Requests involving substantial collation or research
17B	Duty to consider consulting person if request likely to be refused under section 17(e) or (f)
18	Reason for refusal to be given
	Part 3 Publication of, and access to, certain documents and information
19	Publication setting out functions of local authorities [Repealed]
20	Right of access to publication published under section 19 [Repealed]
21	Right of access to internal rules affecting decisions
22	Right of access by person to reasons for decisions affecting that person
	Part 4 Right of access to personal information
23	Right of access to personal information
24	Precautions
25	Correction of information
26	Reasons for refusal of requests for personal information
	Part 5 Review of decisions
	Decisions under Part 2 and section 8
27	Functions of Ombudsmen
28	Application of Ombudsmen Act 1975
29	Requirements of Ombudsman to be complied with within certain period
29A	Consultation with Privacy Commissioner
30	Procedure after investigation
31	Disclosure of certain information not to be recommended
32	Recommendations made to local authorities
33	Requirements in relation to decision
34	Right of review
35	Appeals
36	Complainant to be informed of result of investigation
37	Restriction on application for review
	Decisions under Part 3 or Part 4
38	Application of Ombudsmen Act 1975
39	Ombudsman may require publication of summary of report
	Saving
40	Saving in respect of Ombudsmen Act 1975
	Part 6 Miscellaneous provisions relating to access to official information
41	Protection against certain actions
42	Delegation of powers by local authority
43	Delegation of powers by officers
44	Savings
	Land information memoranda
44A	Land information memorandum
	Part 7 Local authority meetings
45	Interpretation
45A	Application of this Part to certain local authorities
46	Meetings of local authorities to be publicly notified
46A	Availability of agendas and reports
46B	Modifications to section 46A while epidemic notice in force for COVID-19
47	Admission of public to meetings of local authorities
47A	Modifications to section 47 while epidemic notice in force for COVID-19
48	Right of local authorities to exclude public
49	Provisions applying when meeting open to public
50	Maintenance of order
51	Right of public to inspect or receive copies of minutes of meeting
51AA	Modifications to section 51 while epidemic notice in force for COVID-19
51A	Public notification of resolution at extraordinary meeting
52	Defamatory matter in copy of agenda or additional particulars supplied to public or in minutes of meeting
53	Oral statements at local authority meetings privileged
54	This Part to prevail over other enactments
	Part 8 Miscellaneous provisions
55	Regulations
56	Power to amend Schedules 1 and 2 by Order in Council
57	Consequential amendments to other enactments
58	Repeals and revocations
59	Transitional provisions for amendments made on or after commencement of Local Government Official Information and Meetings Amendment Act 2013
	Schedule 1 Local authorities to which Parts 1 to 7 apply
	Schedule 2 Local authorities (additional to those named in Schedule 1) to which Part 7 applies
	Schedule 2A Resolution to exclude the public
	Schedule 3 Enactments amended
	Schedule 4 Enactments repealed
	Schedule 5 Orders revoked
	Schedule 6 Transitional provisions for amendments made on or after commencement of Local Government Official Information and Meetings Amendment Act 2013
	Notes

An Act to make official information held by local authorities more freely available, to provide for proper access by each person to official information relating to that person which is held by local authorities, to provide for the admission of the public to meetings of local authorities, to protect official information held by local authorities and the deliberations of local authorities to the extent consistent with the public interest and the preservation of personal privacy, and to establish procedures for the achievement of those purposes

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