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Structural separation of Telecom - Miscellaneous - Resource Management Act 1991 issues

69XI: Requiring authority status under Resource Management Act 1991

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"What it means to be a requiring authority under the Resource Management Act"

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You are considered a requiring authority under the Resource Management Act 1991. This is because you are a network utility operator. You can construct or operate a network for telecommunication as defined in section 5 of this Act. You can also construct or operate a network for radiocommunications as defined in section 2(1) of the Radiocommunications Act 1989. Part 8 of the Resource Management Act 1991 applies to you. This is as if your approval had been given under section 167 of that Act, which can be found on the Resource Management Act 1991 webpage.

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Miscellaneous: Resource Management Act 1991 issues

69XIRequiring authority status under Resource Management Act 1991

  1. Chorus is approved as a requiring authority, as a network utility operator, under the Resource Management Act 1991 for the following purposes:

  2. constructing or operating, or proposing to construct or operate, a network for the purpose of telecommunication as defined in section 5 of this Act; and
    1. constructing or operating, or proposing to construct or operate, a network for the purpose of radiocommunications as defined in section 2(1) of the Radiocommunications Act 1989.

      1. Part 8 of the Resource Management Act 1991 applies with necessary modifications as if the approval had been given under section 167 of that Act.

      Notes
      • Section 69XI: inserted, on (being the date of separation day, and an Order in Council (SR 2011/302) having been made under section 36), by section 51 of the Telecommunications (TSO, Broadband, and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2011 (2011 No 27).
      • Section 69XI heading: amended, on , by section 6 of the Resource Management (Natural and Built Environment and Spatial Planning Repeal and Interim Fast-track Consenting) Act 2023 (2023 No 68).
      • Section 69XI(1): amended, on , by section 6 of the Resource Management (Natural and Built Environment and Spatial Planning Repeal and Interim Fast-track Consenting) Act 2023 (2023 No 68).
      • Section 69XI(2): replaced, on , by section 6 of the Resource Management (Natural and Built Environment and Spatial Planning Repeal and Interim Fast-track Consenting) Act 2023 (2023 No 68).