Conservation Act 1987

Management planning

17F: Procedure for preparation and approval of conservation management strategies

You could also call this:

"How conservation plans are created and approved"

When a draft conservation management strategy is prepared, you need to know it is done by the Director-General. They work with the Conservation Boards and other people or groups to prepare the draft. The Director-General then notifies people about the draft in accordance with section 49(1) and sends it to regional councils and territorial authorities, as defined in the Local Government Act 2002, and to iwi authorities.

The notice tells you where and when you can see the draft strategy. It also asks you to send in your thoughts about the draft before a certain date, which is at least 40 working days after the notice is published. You can make written submissions to the Director-General about the draft strategy.

The Director-General can also ask for public opinion on the draft strategy in other ways. Once the draft is made public, it is available for you to see during normal office hours. If you want to talk about your submission, the Director-General gives you a chance to speak at a meeting. The Director-General then summarises all the submissions and opinions they receive.

After considering the submissions and opinions, the Director-General revises the draft strategy and sends it to the Conservation Boards. The Boards look at the revised draft and can ask for more changes. They then send the draft to the Conservation Authority for approval, along with a summary of the submissions. The Conservation Authority looks at the draft and can make changes before approving it or sending it back to the Minister for more consideration.

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Part 3AManagement planning

17FProcedure for preparation and approval of conservation management strategies

  1. The following provisions shall apply to the preparation and approval of draft conservation management strategies:

  2. every draft shall be prepared by the Director-General in consultation with the Conservation Boards affected by it and such other persons or organisations, as the Director-General considers practicable and appropriate, and then notified in accordance with section 49(1) and to the appropriate regional councils and territorial authorities within the meaning of the Local Government Act 2002 and to the appropriate iwi authorities, and that provision shall apply as if the notice were required to be given by the Minister:
    1. every notice under paragraph (a) shall—
      1. state that the draft strategy is available for inspection at the places and times specified in the notice; and
        1. call upon persons or organisations interested to lodge with the Director-General submissions on the draft before the date specified in that behalf in the notice, being a date not less than 40 working days after the date of the publication of the notice:
        2. any person or organisation may make written submissions to the Director-General on the draft at the place and before the date specified in that behalf in the notice:
          1. the Director-General may, after consultation with the Conservation Boards affected, obtain public opinion of the draft by any other means from any person or organisation:
            1. from the date of public notification of a draft until public opinion of it has been made known to the Director-General, the draft shall be made available by the Director-General for public inspection during normal office hours, in such places and quantities as are likely to encourage public participation in the development of the proposal:
              1. the Director-General shall give every person or organisation who or which, in making any submissions on the draft, asked to be heard in support of his or her or its submissions a reasonable opportunity of appearing before a meeting of representatives of the Director-General and the Conservation Boards affected:
                1. representatives of the Director-General and the Conservation Boards affected may hear submissions from any other person or organisations consulted on the draft:
                  1. the Director-General shall prepare a summary of the submissions received on the draft and public opinion made known about it:
                    1. after considering such submissions and public opinion, the Director-General shall revise the draft and shall, subject to paragraph (j), send to the Conservation Boards affected the revised draft and the summary prepared under paragraph (h):
                      1. the Director-General shall comply with paragraph (i) before—
                        1. the expiration of 8 months after the date of publication of the notice given under paragraph (a); or
                          1. such later date as may be fixed in that behalf by the Minister:
                          2. on receipt of the draft and the summary, the Conservation Boards affected shall consider those documents and then—
                            1. may request the Director-General to revise the draft; and
                              1. shall send the draft to the Authority for approval, together with a written statement of any matters of content on which the Director-General and the Boards are unable to agree and a copy of the summary prepared under paragraph (h):
                              2. the Conservation Boards affected shall send the draft received under paragraph (i) to the Conservation Authority before—
                                1. the expiration of 6 months after the date of its referral to the Boards by the Director-General; or
                                  1. such later date as may be fixed in that behalf by the Minister:
                                  2. the Conservation Authority shall consider the draft and all other information furnished with it and may consult such persons and organisations as it considers appropriate, including the Director-General and the Conservation Boards affected:
                                    1. after such consideration, the Conservation Authority shall make such amendments as it considers necessary and send the draft and the other relevant information to the Minister:
                                      1. the Minister shall consider the draft and send it back to the Conservation Authority with any written recommendations the Minister considers appropriate:
                                        1. after having regard to any recommendations expressed in writing by the Minister, the Conservation Authority shall either—
                                          1. approve the draft; or
                                            1. send back to the Minister for further consideration the draft and any new information the Authority wishes the Minister to consider, before the Authority approves the draft.
                                            Notes
                                            • Section 17F: inserted, on , by section 13(1) of the Conservation Law Reform Act 1990 (1990 No 31).
                                            • Section 17F(a): amended, on , by section 262 of the Local Government Act 2002 (2002 No 84).