92—Access to meetings and documents—code of practice
(1) A council must
prepare and adopt a code of practice relating to the principles, policies,
procedures and practices that the council will apply for the purposes of the
operation of Parts 3 and 4.
(2) A council must,
within 12 months after the conclusion of each periodic election, review the
operation of its code of practice under this section.
(3) A council may at
any time alter its code of practice, or substitute a new code of practice.
(4) A code of practice
must include any mandatory provision prescribed by the regulations.
(5) Before a council
adopts, alters or substitutes a code of practice under this section it must
undertake public consultation on the proposed code, alterations or substitute
code (as the case may be).