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Conservation Act 1987

Management planning

17I: Amendments to conservation management strategies and conservation management plans

You could also call this:

"Changing conservation plans and strategies to help protect New Zealand's environment"

The Director-General can change conservation management strategies or plans at any time after talking to the affected Conservation Boards. You need to know that the Director-General must make sure the changes do not affect the main goals of the strategy or plan. If the changes are small, the Director-General can send the proposal to the Conservation Boards and they will deal with it according to the rules set out in section 17F for strategies or section 17G for plans.

When changing a conservation management strategy, the Director-General must consider the information in the strategy that identifies and describes protected areas, as required by section 17D(7). The Director-General can make small changes to a strategy to keep this information accurate, and must tell the Conservation Boards about these changes.

The Director-General must also think about the matters set out in planning documents lodged under section 90 of the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011 when amending a conservation management strategy.

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Part 3AManagement planning

17IAmendments to conservation management strategies and conservation management plans

  1. The Director-General, after consultation with the Conservation Boards affected, may at any time initiate the amendment of any conservation management strategy or conservation management plan, or any part of any such strategy or plan.

  2. The Director-General may amend a conservation management strategy so that the information in the strategy required by section 17D(7) (identifying and describing protected areas) remains accurate. Subsections (1), (2), and (4)(a) do not apply to the Director-General's ability to amend a conservation management strategy under this subsection. However, the Director-General must promptly notify the Conservation Boards affected of every amendment made under this subsection.

  3. Except as provided in subsection (4), every amendment of a conservation management strategy under this section shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of section 17F, which shall apply with any necessary modifications.

  4. Except as provided in subsection (4), every amendment of a conservation management plan shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of section 17G, which shall apply with any necessary modifications.

  5. Where the proposed amendment is of such a nature that the Director-General and the Conservation Boards affected consider that it will not materially affect the objectives or policies expressed in the strategy or plan or the public interest in the area concerned, then—

  6. in the case of a conservation management strategy, the Director-General shall send the proposal to the Conservation Boards affected and it shall be dealt with under paragraphs (k) to (p) of section 17F; and
    1. in the case of a conservation management plan, the Director-General shall send the proposal to the Conservation Boards affected and it shall be dealt with under subsections (2) and (3) of section 17G.

      1. When amending any part of a conservation management strategy, the Director-General must take into account the matters set out in any planning documents lodged with the Director-General under section 90 of the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011 that are relevant to the strategy.

      Notes
      • Section 17I: inserted, on , by section 13(1) of the Conservation Law Reform Act 1990 (1990 No 31).
      • Section 17I(1A): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Conservation Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 65).
      • Section 17I(4)(a): amended, on , by section 7 of the Conservation Amendment Act 1994 (1994 No 108).
      • Section 17I(4)(b): amended, on , by section 7 of the Conservation Amendment Act 1994 (1994 No 108).
      • Section 17I(5): added, on , by section 128 of the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011 (2011 No 3).