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119: Decision on application for restricted coastal activity
or “The regional council decides if you can do special activities near the coast.”
You could also call this:

“Regional councils now handle special coastal permits that used to be given by the Minister of Conservation.”

When the Minister of Conservation gives permission for a restricted coastal activity in a coastal marine area, this permission is called a coastal permit. From 1 October 2009 or the date the permit is given (whichever is later), the coastal permit is treated as if the regional council gave it instead of the Minister. This means that the regional council becomes the authority in charge of the permit from the day it was given. This rule applies to all coastal permits for restricted coastal activities in any regional council’s area, no matter when they were given by the Minister of Conservation.

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Part 6 Resource consents
Restricted coastal activities

119ACoastal permit for restricted coastal activity treated as if granted by regional council

  1. Subsection (3) applies to a coastal permit for a restricted coastal activity granted at any time by the Minister of Conservation for a coastal marine area within the region of a regional council.

  2. If subsection (3) applies to a coastal permit, it applies on and from the later of—

  3. 1 October 2009; or
    1. the date that the coastal permit is granted.

      1. The coastal permit is to be treated as if—

      2. it were granted by the regional council; and
        1. the regional council were the consent authority in relation to the coastal permit on and from the date it was granted.

          Notes
          • Section 119A: replaced, on , by section 91 of the Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 31).