Local Government Act 2019

The functions of a local authority are:

(a) to involve local communities more closely in issues related to local government; and

(b) to ensure that local communities are given an opportunity to express their opinions on questions affecting local government; and

(c) to allow local communities a voice in the formulation of policies for the locality as well as policies for the area and the region; and

(d) to take the views of local communities back to the council and act as advocates on their behalf; and

(e) to contribute to the development of the relevant regional plan; and

(ii) the part of the council's area within which the local authority performs its functions; and

(fa) to endorse the cemetery plan and cemetery policies for each public cemetery and community cemetery located within the authority's area; and

(g) to perform other functions assigned to the local authority by the Minister, in accordance with any guidelines that the Minister may make.