747ACOVID-19 pandemic—meetings

747A COVID-19 pandemic—meetings

747A COVID-19 pandemic—meetings

(1) For the prescribed period—

(a) a requirement in the Act or the regulations that members of a council or other persons attend a meeting is satisfied if the meeting is held in whole or in part—

(i) remotely using audio visual links, or

(ii) in any other manner approved by the Minister but only if audio visual links are not reasonably available, and

(b) a requirement in the Act or the regulations that a meeting be open to members of the public is satisfied if—

(i) a webcast of the meeting is made public, or

(ii) members of the public are informed of what occurred at the meeting in any other manner approved by the Minister but only if a webcast is not practicable in the circumstances.

(2) The regulations may prescribe that subsection (1) does not apply to—

(a) a particular council, or

(b) a particular class of meeting.

(3) (Repealed)

s 747A: Ins 2020 No 1, Sch 2.12[3]. Am 2020 No 5, Sch 1.19[4] [5].