88 Use of special consultative procedure in relation to change of mode of
delivery of significant activity

  (1)  A local authority must use the special consultative procedure in
relation to any proposal for an alteration (of the kind described in
subsection (2)) in the mode by which a significant activity is undertaken
by or on behalf of the local authority.

  (2)  The kind of alteration to which subsection (1) refers is an alteration
that involves---

      (a)  a change from delivery of the activity by the local authority itself
to delivery of the activity by a council-controlled organisation in which the
local authority is a shareholder; or

      (b)  a change from delivery of the activity by the local authority itself
to delivery of the activity by another organisation or person; or

      (c)  a change from delivery of the activity by a council-controlled
organisation in which the local authority is a shareholder to delivery of the
activity by another organisation or person.

  (3)  This section does not apply if---

      (a)  the proposed decision on the proposal is explicitly provided for in
the council's long-term council community plan; and

      (b)  the proposal to provide for the decision was included in a statement
of proposal under section 84.

  (4)  In the case of any proposal to which this section applies, the statement
of proposal referred to in section 83(1)(a) is---

      (a)  a detailed statement of the proposal; and

      (b)  a statement of the reasons for the proposal; and

      (c)  an analysis of the reasonably practicable options, including the
proposal, identified under section 77(1); and

      (d)  any other information that the local authority identifies as
relevant.