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Resource Management Act 1991

Proposals of national significance - Minister may make direction in relation to matter - How matter processed if direction made to refer matter to board of inquiry or court

149B: Local authority's obligations if matter called in

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"What a local council must do when the government takes over a decision"

If the Minister calls in a matter by making a direction under section 142(2) and you are a local authority who has been served with the direction under section 149A, then this applies to you. You must give the EPA the matter and all the information you have about it. You must also give the EPA any submissions you received about the matter, if you got any. You have to do this without delay, which means you have to do it as soon as possible. The EPA needs this information to deal with the matter that was called in.

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Part 6AAProposals of national significance
Minister may make direction in relation to matter: How matter processed if direction made to refer matter to board of inquiry or court

149BLocal authority's obligations if matter called in

  1. Subsection (2) applies to a local authority if—

  2. the Minister calls in a matter by making a direction under section 142(2); and
    1. the local authority has been served with the direction under section 149A.

      1. The local authority must, without delay, provide the EPA with—

      2. the matter; and
        1. all information received by the local authority that relates to the matter; and
          1. if applicable, the submissions received by the local authority on the matter.

            Notes
            • Section 149B: replaced, on , by section 100 of the Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 31).