400URole of board

400U Role of board

400U Role of board

(1) The role of the board of a joint organisation is to direct and control the affairs of the joint organisation in accordance with this Act.

(2) The board is to consult with the executive officer in directing and controlling the affairs of the joint organisation.

(3) The board is to prepare and adopt a charter for the joint organisation containing (but not limited to) the following—

(a) operational principles for the joint organisation,

(b) governance principles for the joint organisation.

(4) A charter may adopt requirements for a joint organisation that are additional or supplementary to, or more stringent than, requirements made by or under this Act but cannot adopt requirements that—

(a) are less stringent than requirements made by or under this Act, or

(b) are inconsistent with or contravene regulations under this Act relating to charters.

(5) The regulations may—

(a) make provision for or with respect to requirements for the form and content of a charter, and

(b) require a charter to be made publicly available.

s 400U: Ins 2017 No 65, Sch 1 [10].