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Resource Management Act 1991

Occupation of common marine and coastal area - Managing occupation in common marine and coastal area - Regional coastal plan provisions relating to occupation of common marine and coastal area

165F: Provisions about occupation of common marine and coastal area

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“Rules for using shared coastal spaces”

A regional coastal plan can include rules about occupying common marine and coastal areas. You can think of a common marine and coastal area as a shared space near the coast that lots of people want to use. These rules help manage how people use this space and reduce competition for it. The plan can specify when people can apply for a coastal permit to occupy space in these areas. It can also say that the consent authority can process and hear applications for coastal permits together if they are for the same space or for spaces that are close to each other. The plan can set limits on what activities can happen in these areas, how big the occupied space can be, and what proportion of the space can be used for certain activities. If you want to learn more about the rules, you can look at the Resource Management Amendment Act (No 2) 2011 that changed the way these rules work. Some applications for coastal permits are exempt from these rules, like those made under an authorisation. The rules in the regional coastal plan can apply to specific activities or to all activities in general.

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Part 7A Occupation of common marine and coastal area
Managing occupation in common marine and coastal area: Regional coastal plan provisions relating to occupation of common marine and coastal area

165FProvisions about occupation of common marine and coastal area

  1. A regional coastal plan or proposed regional coastal plan may include provisions to address the effects of occupation of a common marine and coastal area and to manage competition for the occupation of space, including rules specifying—

  2. that no application can be made for a coastal permit to occupy space before a date to be specified in a public notice:
    1. that the consent authority may process and hear together applications for coastal permits for the occupation of—
      1. the same space in a common marine and coastal area; or
        1. different spaces in a common marine and coastal area that are in close proximity to each other:
        2. that the consent authority may process and hear together with the applications referred to in paragraph (b) any applications for coastal permits related to the coastal permits referred to in paragraph (b):
          1. limits on—
            1. the character, intensity, or scale of activities associated with the occupation of space:
              1. the size of space that may be the subject of a coastal permit and the proportion of any space that may be occupied for the purpose of specified activities.

              2. However, a rule made for the purposes of subsection (1)(a) does not apply to an application made for a coastal permit under an authorisation.

              3. For the purposes of subsection (1), a provision in a regional coastal plan or proposed regional coastal plan may relate to an activity, 1 or more classes of activities, or all activities.

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              Notes
              • Section 165F: replaced, on , by section 49 of the Resource Management Amendment Act (No 2) 2011 (2011 No 70).