Resource Management Act 1991

Coastal tendering

157: Calling of public tenders for authorisations

You could also call this:

"Asking the Public to Bid on Using Parts of the Coast"

When the government wants to give someone permission to use a part of the coastal marine area, they can ask people to bid on it. The Minister can do this at any time and must tell the public about it. You will know what activities you can do in that area and where it is.

The public notice will tell you what you can do in that area, like what kind of work you can do, and where the area is, including how big it is and where it is located. It will also tell you when the bidding closes and how to put in your bid. The Minister can decide when the bidding closes.

The notice might also say how much you can take out of the area, like rocks or sand, and for how long you can do it. It might say if the government plans to ask for bids again when the permission expires. The Minister can change or cancel the notice before the bidding closes.

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156: Effect of Order in Council, or

"What happens when the government makes a special rule for a coastal area"

158: Requirements of tender, or

"What you need to include when you put in a tender for something like taking resources from the coast"

Part 7Coastal tendering

157Calling of public tenders for authorisations

Where an Order in Council is in force in respect of any part of the coastal marine area, the Minister may, from time to time and at any time, by public tender of which public notice has been given, offer authorisations for the whole or any portion of that part in respect of all or any activities to which the Order in Council applies.
The public notice of every such offer shall—
specify the range of activities to which the authorisation, once issued, will apply; and
describe the area of land to which the authorisation, once issued, will apply, including the size, shape, and location of that area; and
specify the closing date for tenders, which may be any date the Minister considers appropriate; and
specify the manner in which tenders must be submitted.

Every such public notice may also specify—
in the case of extraction, the maximum tonnage and period (not exceeding 35 years) of extraction:
whether or not it is intended that the area will be retendered when the coastal permit to which it relates expires.

The Minister may amend, revoke, or replace any such notice before the time by which tenders must be received expires.

Notes

Section 157(3)(a): repealed, on 1 January 2005, by section 17 of the Resource Management Amendment Act (No 2) 2004 (2004 No 103).