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165C: Interpretation
or “This part explains the meanings of important words used in rules about using shared sea and beach areas.”

You could also call this:

“Officials can say no to requests for using coastal areas if they've already said no to something similar in the past year.”

If you want to use space in the common marine and coastal area, you need to ask for permission called a coastal permit. Sometimes, the people who give these permissions (called consent authorities) can say no to even looking at your request. They can do this if, in the last year, they’ve already said no to someone else who wanted to do the same kind of thing in the same place or very close by. This rule helps the consent authorities manage how the coastal areas are used.

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Next up: 165E: Applications in relation to aquaculture settlement areas

or “Rules about who can ask to use special sea areas for fish farming and other activities”

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Resource Management Act 1991
Occupation of common marine and coastal area
165D: Power of consent authorities to refuse to receive applications for coastal permits

Part 7A Occupation of common marine and coastal area
Managing occupation in common marine and coastal area

165DPower of consent authorities to refuse to receive applications for coastal permits

For the purposes of this subpart, a consent authority may refuse to receive an application for a coastal permit to occupy space in the common marine and coastal area for the purpose of an activity if, within 1 year before the application is made, the consent authority has refused to grant an application for a permit for an activity of the same or a similar type in respect of the same space or in respect of space in close proximity to the space concerned.

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