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Resource Management Act 1991

Coastal tendering

157: Calling of public tenders for authorisations

You could also call this:

“The government can ask people to compete for permission to use parts of the coast for certain activities.”

When there’s an Order in Council for part of the coastal marine area, the Minister can offer authorisations for activities in that area through public tenders. The Minister can do this at any time.

The Minister must give public notice of these tenders. The notice needs to tell you:

  • What activities the authorisation will allow
  • Where exactly the authorisation applies, including the size and shape of the area
  • When the deadline for tenders is
  • How you need to submit your tender

The notice might also say:

  • For extraction activities, how much can be extracted and for how long (up to 35 years)
  • If they plan to offer the area for tender again when the current coastal permit ends

The Minister can change or cancel the notice before the deadline for tenders.

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Part 7 Coastal tendering

157Calling of public tenders for authorisations

  1. 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.

  2. The public notice of every such offer shall—

  3. specify the range of activities to which the authorisation, once issued, will apply; and
    1. describe the area of land to which the authorisation, once issued, will apply, including the size, shape, and location of that area; and
      1. specify the closing date for tenders, which may be any date the Minister considers appropriate; and
        1. specify the manner in which tenders must be submitted.

          1. Every such public notice may also specify—

            1. in the case of extraction, the maximum tonnage and period (not exceeding 35 years) of extraction:
              1. whether or not it is intended that the area will be retendered when the coastal permit to which it relates expires.

                1. 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 , by section 17 of the Resource Management Amendment Act (No 2) 2004 (2004 No 103).