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Local Government Act 1993
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#### 747A COVID-19 pandemic—meetings
747A COVID-19 pandemic—meetings
> > (1) For the prescribed period—
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> > > (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—
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> > > > (i) remotely using audio visual links, or
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> > > > (ii) in any other manner approved by the Minister but only if audio visual links are not reasonably available, and
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> > > (b) a requirement in the Act or the regulations that a meeting be open to members of the public is satisfied if—
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> > > > (i) a webcast of the meeting is made public, or
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> > > > (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.
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> > (2) The regulations may prescribe that subsection (1) does not apply to—
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> > > (a) a particular council, or
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> > > (b) a particular class of meeting.
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> > (3) (Repealed)
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> **s 747A:** Ins 2020 No 1, Sch 2.12\[3\]. Am 2020 No 5, Sch 1.19\[4\] \[5\].