124AWhen sections 124B and 124C apply and when they do not apply

1. Sections 124B and 124C apply to an application affected by section 124 if, when the application is made, the relevant plan has not allocated any of the natural resources used for the activity.

2. Sections 124B and 124C also apply to an application affected by section 124 as follows:

3. they apply if, when the application is made,—
   1. the relevant plan has allocated some or all of the natural resources used for the activity to the same type of activity; and
   2. the relevant plan does not expressly say that sections 124A to 124C do not apply; and
4. they apply to the extent to which the amount of the resource sought by a person described in section 124B(1)(a) and (b) is equal to or smaller than the amount of the resource that—
   1. is allocated to the same type of activity; and
   2. is left after the deduction of every amount allocated to every other existing resource consent.

5. Sections 124B and 124C do not apply to an application affected by section 124 if, when the application is made, the relevant plan expressly says that sections 124A to 124C do not apply.