35Municipal, regional or shire plans

35 Municipal, regional or shire plans (1) A council must, by resolution, adopt its municipal, regional or shire plan between 1 March and 30 June in each year. (2) The council must give a copy of the plan to the Agency by the latter date mentioned in subsection (1). (3) Before the council adopts its municipal, regional or shire plan for a particular year, the council must: (a) at a meeting of the council, approve a draft of the plan; and (b) make the draft plan accessible on the council's website and make copies available for public inspection at the council's public offices; and (c) publish a notice on its website inviting written submissions on the draft plan within a period (at least 21 days) from the date of publication of the notice; and (d) consider the submissions made in response to the invitation and make any revisions to the draft the council considers appropriate in the light of the submissions. (4) A copy of the draft of the plan must be provided to the members of the council at least 6 business days before the meeting referred to in subsection (3)(a).

Local Government Act 2019 28 (5) Although the council's budget forms part of its municipal, regional or shire plan, this section does not apply to the adoption of the budget or of an amended budget. (6) The adoption of a budget, or of an amended budget, operates to amend the municipal, regional or shire plan so that it conforms with the most recent budget of the council.