Local govt act outlined
| The Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act .was |a new learning j /experience which the council | would .have to “tread lightly with at first,”, said | the ! Mayor of Riccarton, Mr Richard Harrington. I / I The Riccarton Borough Council’s firiance committee discussed the act this week. Brochures about; the A L.G.0.1.M. act had been presented to the council; by the Department of i Internal Affairs; for; distriI bution to Riccartoln ratepayers. j II I ■ The legislation, 11 which came into I effect on March 1, enables; public I access to any official information held by local
authorities, and to; attend any local authority meeting. 11 : [ A It intended to allow more effective participation by the public in the actions arid decisions of local authorities, and it promoted the accountability; of local: authority members and officials, according to a report by the council’s administration officer, Mrs Gabrielle Hanton. H Official information could no longer be assured as the property of local government bodies, and information would be made I ; available unless , there 'was good reason for I withholding it, the council I heard. ' i ■ / \
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