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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

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“The Minister can only step in to make decisions about local matters within certain time limits”

You need to know about when the Minister can’t call in a matter that has been given to a local authority. The Minister has to follow two important rules:

If the local authority has told people about the matter, the Minister can’t call it in if it’s later than 5 working days before the hearing is set to start.

If the local authority has decided not to tell people about the matter, the Minister can’t call it in after the local authority has said what it has decided or what it recommends.

When we talk about the Minister calling in a matter, we mean the Minister making a direction under section 142(2).

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Part 6AA Proposals 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).