Part 5Standards, policy statements, and plans
National direction: National policy statements
52Consideration of recommendations and approval or withdrawal of statement
In the case of a national policy statement,
the Minister—- first, must consider a report and any recommendations made under section 46A(1)(c); and
- secondly, may—
- make any changes, or no changes, to the proposed national policy statement as he or she thinks fit; or
- withdraw all or part of the proposed national policy statement and give public notice of the withdrawal, including the reasons for the withdrawal.
- make any changes, or no changes, to the proposed national policy statement as he or she thinks fit; or
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The Governor-General in Council may, on the recommendation of the Minister, approve a national policy statement.
The Minister must, as soon as practicable after a national policy statement has been approved,—
- issue the statement by having it published under the Legislation Act 2019; and
- publicly notify the statement and the report made under section 46A(1)(c) in whatever form he or she thinks appropriate and send a copy to every local authority; and
- provide every person who made a submission on the statement with a summary of the recommendations and a summary of the Minister’s decision on the recommendations (including reasons for not adopting any recommendations).
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A national policy statement under this section is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).
That Act applies as if—
- the Minister were the maker of the national policy statement; and
- the national policy statement were made when the Order in Council under subsection (2) is made.
Notes
- Section 52: replaced, on , by section 22 of the Resource Management Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 23).
- Section 52 heading: amended, on , by section 52(1) of the Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 31).
- Section 52(1): replaced, on , for all purposes, by section 75 of the Resource Management Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 63).
- Section 52(1): amended, on , by section 14(1) of the Resource Management (Freshwater and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2024 (2024 No 43).
- Section 52(1): amended, on , by section 44(1) of the Resource Legislation Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 15).
- Section 52(1)(a): replaced, on , by section 14(2) of the Resource Management (Freshwater and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2024 (2024 No 43).
- Section 52(1)(c): repealed, on , by section 14(3) of the Resource Management (Freshwater and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2024 (2024 No 43).
- Section 52(3)(a): replaced, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).
- Section 52(3)(b): amended, on , by section 14(4) of the Resource Management (Freshwater and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2024 (2024 No 43).
- Section 52(3)(c): replaced, on , by section 52(3) of the Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 31).
- Section 52(3)(d): repealed, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).
- Section 52(4): replaced, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).
- Section 52(5): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).