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Resource Management Act 1991

Resource consents - Restricted coastal activities

117: Application to carry out restricted coastal activity

You could also call this:

“Apply to do restricted activities in coastal areas”

If you want to do something in the coastal area that is restricted, you must apply to the regional council for a coastal permit. You do this by sending your application to the regional council, unless you are sending it to the EPA under section 145. The regional council will then look at your application and decide what to do with it.

The regional council has to follow the same rules as they do for resource consents when looking at your application, except for the rules that are different in this section. After they get your application, they must send a copy to the Minister of Conservation and the local council. They also have to tell the public about your application.

The regional council must give some of its jobs to other people to help decide on your application, including someone chosen by the Minister of Conservation. They do this under section 34A. When they make a decision, they must tell the Minister of Conservation, as required by section 114. Note that section 100A does not apply to your application.

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Part 6 Resource consents
Restricted coastal activities

117Application to carry out restricted coastal activity

  1. An application for a coastal permit to carry out an activity that a regional coastal plan describes as a restricted coastal activity must be made to the regional council for the region concerned, except if the application is made to the EPA under section 145.

  2. The regional council is the consent authority in relation to the application for the coastal permit.

  3. Any provisions of this Act that apply in relation to an application for a resource consent apply in relation to the application for the coastal permit, except as provided in this section.

  4. The consent authority must, after receiving the application, promptly provide a copy of it to the Minister of Conservation and the relevant territorial authority.

  5. The consent authority must publicly notify the application.

  6. Section 100A does not apply in relation to the application for the coastal permit.

  7. The consent authority must delegate, under section 34A, its functions, powers, and duties required to hear and decide the application to 1 or more persons permitted by section 34A(1), including 1 person nominated by the Minister of Conservation.

  8. The consent authority must ensure that a notice of its decision on the application is served on the Minister of Conservation under section 114.

Notes
  • Section 117: replaced, on , by section 89 of the Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 31).