PART 3ARRANGEMENTS FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT
CHAPTER 2AREA REVIEWS
Communities
25Review of community boundaries by principal council
1
A principal council may conduct a review of one or more communities in its area—
a
of its own initiative, or
b
at the request of—
i
a community council in its area, or
ii
a community meeting in its area.
2
But a principal council must not conduct a review under subsection (1) at the request of a community council or a community meeting if it considers that doing so would impede the proper exercise of its functions.
3
The changes that a principal council may recommend in relation to a review under this section are—
a
such community boundary changes as it considers appropriate, and
b
in consequence of any community boundary changes, such community council changes and associated changes to the electoral arrangements of—
i
the community or communities under review,
ii
the principal area,
as it considers appropriate.
4
For the purposes of subsection (3)(b)(ii), section 30 applies to a principal council as it applies to the Commission.
5
A principal council may enter into an agreement with the Commission for the Commission (under section 26) to exercise the council's functions under this section.
6
The agreement may be on such terms and conditions as the principal council and the Commission consider appropriate.