Alex Harris

via email: [1][OIA #129 email]

 

Dear Alex

 

Thank you for your request under the Local Government Official Information
and Meetings Act 1987, dated 5 April 2012, for the following information:

 

·         Does the Council open its meetings with a prayer?

·         If the answer to the above is "yes", then I'd like a copy of
that prayer (or examples, if more than one is used), when the practice was
first established, whether the council has considered abolishing it in the
wake of the Whanganui decision, and any advice the council may hold on the
prayer's compatibility with both the Human Rights Act 1993 and Bill of
Rights Act 1990.

 

Please find below information relevant to your request, which we have
released under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act
1987.

 

·         Does the Council open its meetings with a prayer?

No, the Carterton District Council does not open its meetings with a
prayer.

 

·         If the answer to the above is "yes", then I'd like a copy of
that prayer (or examples, if more than one is used), when the practice was
first established, whether the council has considered abolishing it in the
wake of the Whanganui decision, and any advice the council may hold on the
prayer's compatibility with both the Human Rights Act 1993 and Bill of
Rights Act 1990.

Not applicable.

 

You have the right to seek a review of these decisions by way of complaint
to the Ombudsman, under section 27(3) of the Local Government Official
Information and Meetings Act 1987.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Martin Sebire

Corporate Services Manager

 

 

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CARTERTON DISTRICT COUNCIL

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P 06 379 4030 | M 022 276 2789 | E [4][email address]

 

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