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Resource Management Act 1991

Proposals of national significance - Minister may make direction in relation to matter - General provisions for matter lodged with local authority or EPA

148: Proposals relating to coastal marine area

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"Rules for big plans that affect New Zealand's coastal marine area"

If you have a proposal that is very important to the country and it is only about the coastal marine area, this Part of the law applies but with some changes. You need to replace references to the Minister with the Minister of Conservation. You also need to change what is said in sections 149Q(3)(e) and (f) and sections 149R(4)(e) and (f) to say the Minister of Conservation. If your proposal is very important to the country and it is partly about the coastal marine area, this Part of the law applies but with some changes. You need to replace references to the Minister with the Minister and the Minister of Conservation. You also need to change what is said in sections 149Q(3)(e) and (f) and sections 149R(4)(e) and (f) to say the Minister and the Minister of Conservation.

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Part 6AAProposals of national significance
Minister may make direction in relation to matter: General provisions for matter lodged with local authority or EPA

148Proposals relating to coastal marine area

  1. If a proposal of national significance relates wholly to the coastal marine area, this Part applies with the following modifications:

  2. references to the Minister must be read as references to the Minister of Conservation; and
    1. sections 149Q(3)(e) and (f) and 149R(4)(e) and (f) must be read as 1 paragraph saying the Minister of Conservation.

      1. If a proposal of national significance relates partly to the coastal marine area, this Part applies with the following modifications:

      2. references to the Minister must be read as references to the Minister and the Minister of Conservation; and
        1. sections 149Q(3)(e) and (f) and 149R(4)(e) and (f) must be read as 1 paragraph saying the Minister and the Minister of Conservation.

          Notes
          • Section 148: replaced, on , by section 100 of the Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 31).