Resource Management Act 1991

Proposals of national significance - Minister may make direction in relation to matter - Matter lodged with local authority

143: Restriction on when local authority may request call in

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"When a local authority can ask the Minister to step in"

If you are a local authority, you can't ask the Minister to get involved in certain matters unless you have followed the rules in clauses 2, 3, and 4 of Schedule 1, and clause 5(1)(a) of Schedule 1. You must do this for matters like changing a plan or regional policy statement that you proposed under clause 2 of Schedule 1. You also need to follow these rules for varying a proposed plan or regional policy statement.

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Part 6AAProposals of national significance
Minister may make direction in relation to matter: Matter lodged with local authority

143Restriction on when local authority may request call in

  1. A local authority (whether acting as an applicant or a local authority) may not make a request to the Minister in respect of either of the following matters unless it has complied with the consultation provisions in clauses 2, 3, and, if relevant, 4 of Schedule 1, and with clause 5(1)(a) of Schedule 1, in relation to the matter:

  2. a change to a plan or regional policy statement proposed by the local authority under clause 2 of Schedule 1; or
    1. a variation to a proposed plan or regional policy statement.
      Notes
      • Section 143: replaced, on , by section 100 of the Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 31).
      • Section 143: amended, on , for all purposes, by section 79 of the Resource Management Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 63).
      • Section 143(a): amended, on , by section 43 of the Resource Management Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 30).
      • Section 143(b): amended, on , by section 43 of the Resource Management Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 30).