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Resource Management Act 1991

Coastal tendering

165: Tender money

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“This explains how the government handles money paid by people who want to use coastal areas.”

When you get permission to do something in the coastal area, you need to pay some money at the start. This money belongs to the government. The Minister will put this money into a special bank account for the government.

If your permission runs out because you didn’t use it, the government will give you back 80% of the money you paid at the start. They will take this money from the government’s bank account.

If you tried to get permission but didn’t get it, the Minister will give you back all the money you paid as soon as they can.

These rules are part of the Resource Management Act 1991. They help manage how people use coastal areas in New Zealand.

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Part 7 Coastal tendering

165Tender money

  1. Where a person to whom an authorisation has been granted forwarded an initial payment to the Minister pursuant to section 158(2), the money shall be the property of the Crown, and, on granting the authorisation, the Minister shall cause that money to be paid into a Crown Bank Account in accordance with the Public Finance Act 1989.

  2. Where an authorisation granted to a person to whom subsection (1) applies has lapsed pursuant to section 164, the Minister shall cause 80% of the initial payment to be refunded to that person from a Crown Bank Account.

  3. Where any tenderer who has failed to obtain an authorisation forwarded an initial payment to the Minister pursuant to section 158(2), the Minister shall as soon as practicable cause that money to be refunded to that tenderer.

Notes
  • Section 165(1): amended, on , pursuant to section 65R(3) of the Public Finance Act 1989 (1989 No 44).
  • Section 165(2): amended, on , pursuant to section 65R(3) of the Public Finance Act 1989 (1989 No 44).