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Resource Management Act 1991

Standards, policy statements, and plans - Local authority policy statements and plans - Regional plans

63: Purpose of regional plans

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“Regional plans help councils do their job and look after the environment, including coastal areas.”

Regional plans are documents that help regional councils do their job. These plans are made, put into action, and managed to help the council achieve the goals of the Resource Management Act.

Regional coastal plans are a special type of regional plan. They focus on the part of the sea close to the shore. These plans help the regional council work with the Minister of Conservation to look after this area. Together, they use these plans to achieve the goals of the Resource Management Act for the coastal marine area in their region.

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Environment and resources > Conservation
Environment and resources > Town planning
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Part 5 Standards, policy statements, and plans
Local authority policy statements and plans: Regional plans

63Purpose of regional plans

  1. The purpose of the preparation, implementation, and administration of regional plans is to assist a regional council to carry out any of its functions in order to achieve the purpose of this Act.

  2. Without limiting subsection (1), the purpose of the preparation, implementation, and administration of regional coastal plans is to assist a regional council, in conjunction with the Minister of Conservation, to achieve the purpose of this Act in relation to the coastal marine area of that region.