sec.116Recommendation to Minister

### sec.116 Recommendation to Minister This section applies if the department’s chief executive believes— a local government or councillor is not performing their responsibilities properly; or a local government or councillor is not complying with laws applying to the local government or councillor, including the Local Government Acts; or it is otherwise in the public interest for the Minister to take remedial action. The department’s chief executive may make recommendations to the Minister about what remedial action to take. The Minister may take the remedial action the Minister considers appropriate in the circumstances. If the Minister takes remedial action, the Minister may publish the following information— the way in which the local government or councillor— is not performing their responsibilities properly; or is not complying with laws applying to the local government or councillor, including the Local Government Acts; the reason it is in the public interest for the Minister to take remedial action; the remedial action the Minister has taken. The Minister may— publish the information in a newspaper circulating generally in the local government area; or direct the local government to publish the information on the local government’s website. s 116 amd 2010 No. 23 s 298 sub 2019 No. 30 s 64 (sec.116-ssec.1) This section applies if the department’s chief executive believes— a local government or councillor is not performing their responsibilities properly; or a local government or councillor is not complying with laws applying to the local government or councillor, including the Local Government Acts; or it is otherwise in the public interest for the Minister to take remedial action. (sec.116-ssec.2) The department’s chief executive may make recommendations to the Minister about what remedial action to take. (sec.116-ssec.3) The Minister may take the remedial action the Minister considers appropriate in the circumstances. (sec.116-ssec.4) If the Minister takes remedial action, the Minister may publish the following information— the way in which the local government or councillor— is not performing their responsibilities properly; or is not complying with laws applying to the local government or councillor, including the Local Government Acts; the reason it is in the public interest for the Minister to take remedial action; the remedial action the Minister has taken. (sec.116-ssec.5) The Minister may— publish the information in a newspaper circulating generally in the local government area; or direct the local government to publish the information on the local government’s website. - (a) a local government or councillor is not performing their responsibilities properly; or - (b) a local government or councillor is not complying with laws applying to the local government or councillor, including the Local Government Acts; or - (c) it is otherwise in the public interest for the Minister to take remedial action. - (a) the way in which the local government or councillor— (i) is not performing their responsibilities properly; or (ii) is not complying with laws applying to the local government or councillor, including the Local Government Acts; - (i) is not performing their responsibilities properly; or - (ii) is not complying with laws applying to the local government or councillor, including the Local Government Acts; - (b) the reason it is in the public interest for the Minister to take remedial action; - (c) the remedial action the Minister has taken. - (i) is not performing their responsibilities properly; or - (ii) is not complying with laws applying to the local government or councillor, including the Local Government Acts; - (a) publish the information in a newspaper circulating generally in the local government area; or - (b) direct the local government to publish the information on the local government’s website.