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Resource Management Act 1991

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

144: Restriction on when Minister may call in matter

You could also call this:

"The Minister can't take over a matter close to the hearing date or after a decision is made."

The Minister cannot call in a matter if it is too close to the hearing date. You need to know that the Minister has a time limit to call in a matter, which is 5 working days before the hearing starts, if the local authority has already told people about the matter. The Minister also cannot call in a matter after the local authority has made a decision or recommendation on it, if the local authority did not tell people about the matter.

The Minister makes this decision by using a direction under section 142(2). If the local authority has not told people about the matter, the Minister cannot call it in after the local authority has made a decision. This rule helps the Minister decide when to get involved in a matter that is with the local authority.

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

144Restriction on when Minister may call in matter

  1. The Minister must not call in a matter (by making a direction under section 142(2))—

  2. later than 5 working days before the date fixed for the commencement of the hearing, if the local authority has notified the matter; or
    1. after the local authority gives notice of its decision or recommendation on the matter, if the local authority has decided not to notify the matter.

      Notes
      • Section 144: replaced, on , by section 100 of the Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 31).
      • Section 144(a): replaced, on , by section 82 of the Resource Legislation Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 15).