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Resource Management Act 1991

Resource consents - Further information

92A: Responses to request

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"What to do when asked for more information"

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If you get a request for more information under section 92(1), you must respond within 15 working days. You can provide the information, agree to provide it, or refuse to provide it. You must tell the consent authority in a written notice what you decide. If you agree to provide the information, the consent authority will tell you when it is due. The consent authority might consider your application under section 104 even if you do not respond or provide the information. The consent authority can do this if you refuse to provide the information too. You should be aware that the consent authority has some flexibility in how it handles your application. This means the authority can make decisions about your application even if you do not do what it asks. The authority's decisions will depend on the details of your application and the information you provide.

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Part 6Resource consents
Further information

92AResponses to request

  1. An applicant who receives a request under section 92(1) must, within 15 working days of the date of the request, take one of the following options:

  2. provide the information; or
    1. tell the consent authority in a written notice that the applicant agrees to provide the information; or
      1. tell the consent authority in a written notice that the applicant refuses to provide the information.

        1. A consent authority that receives a written notice under subsection (1)(b) must—

        2. set a reasonable time within which the applicant must provide the information; and
          1. tell the applicant in a written notice the date by which the applicant must provide the information.

            1. The consent authority may consider the application under section 104 even if the applicant—

            2. does not respond to the request; or
              1. agrees to provide the information under subsection (1)(b) but does not do so; or
                1. refuses to provide the information under subsection (1)(c).

                  1. Repealed

                  2. Repealed

                  3. Repealed
                  Notes
                  • Section 92A: inserted, on , by section 53 of the Resource Management Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 87).
                  • Section 92A(3): replaced, on , by section 74 of the Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 31).
                  • Section 92A(3): amended, on , by section 35 of the Resource Management (Consenting and Other System Changes) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 41).
                  • Section 92A(4): repealed, on , by section 74 of the Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 31).
                  • Section 92A(5): repealed, on , by section 74 of the Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 31).
                  • Section 92A(6): repealed, on , by section 74 of the Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 31).