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56: Purpose of New Zealand coastal policy statements
or “Explains how special rules help protect New Zealand's coast”
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“Rules for making official plans about how to look after New Zealand's beaches and oceans”

You must always have at least one New Zealand coastal policy statement. The Minister of Conservation prepares, recommends, and issues this statement. They use one of the processes mentioned in section 46A(3). When they do this, they follow the rules in sections 46 to 52, but instead of talking about the Minister and national policy statements, these rules apply to the Minister of Conservation and New Zealand coastal policy statements.

Sections 53, 54, and 55 also apply to New Zealand coastal policy statements. When you read these sections, you should think of New Zealand coastal policy statements instead of national policy statements, and the Minister of Conservation instead of the Minister.

If you want to know about the legal status of a New Zealand coastal policy statement under the Legislation Act 2019, you can look at section 52(4). For changes, amendments, or cancellations of a New Zealand coastal policy statement, you can check section 53(3).

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Part 5 Standards, policy statements, and plans
National direction: New Zealand coastal policy statements

57Preparation of New Zealand coastal policy statements

  1. There shall at all times be at least 1 New Zealand coastal policy statement prepared, recommended, and issued by the Minister of Conservation using one of the processes referred to in section 46A(3), as if references in sections 46 to 52 to the Minister were references to the Minister of Conservation and references to a national policy statement were references to a New Zealand coastal policy statement.

  2. Sections 53, 54, and 55, with all necessary modifications, apply to a New Zealand coastal policy statement as if it were a national policy statement and as if references in those sections to the Minister were references to the Minister of Conservation.

  3. For the status under the Legislation Act 2019 of—

  4. a New Zealand coastal policy statement, see section 52(4):
    1. a change or amendment to, or revocation of, a New Zealand coastal policy statement, see section 53(3).

      Notes
      • Section 57(1): amended, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).
      • Section 57(1): amended, on , by section 47 of the Resource Legislation Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 15).
      • Section 57(1): amended, on , by section 36 of the Resource Management Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 87).
      • Section 57(3): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).