Availability of records for inspection
206 Availability of records for inspection
(1) The accounting records must be available for inspection at any reasonable time by:
the council's auditor; or
an inspector.
(2) Subject to the council's privacy policy, the accounting records must also be available for inspection at any reasonable time by a member of the council.
(3) A council must, by resolution, adopt a privacy policy protecting members and staff of the council from undue intrusion into their private affairs.
(4) A local government subsidiary must adopt a privacy policy protecting the local government subsidiary's staff from undue intrusion into their private affairs.
Example for subsection (4)
The privacy policy might limit the inspection of payroll records by members of a council.
The local government subsidiary adopts the policy:
(a) for a local government subsidiary with one constituent council – by resolution of the council; or
(b) for a local government subsidiary with more than one constituent council – by resolution of the local government subsidiary.
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