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Resource Management Act 1991

Designations and heritage orders - Designations

173: Notification of decision on designation

You could also call this:

“Telling you about decisions on special land uses”

When a decision is made about a designation, you must be told about it. A territorial authority has 15 working days to send a notice to people who made a submission and to land owners and occupiers affected by the decision. The notice must include information about how to appeal the decision.

If a territorial authority sends a notice about a decision, they must make the full decision available at their offices and public libraries. They must also tell you where you can find the full decision and send it to you if you ask for it within three working days. You can ask for the decision to be sent to you electronically or in person.

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Part 8 Designations and heritage orders
Designations

173Notification of decision on designation

  1. A territorial authority must ensure that, within 15 working days after a decision is made by a requiring authority under section 172, a notice of decision and a statement of the time within which an appeal against the decision may be lodged is served on—

  2. persons who made a submission; and
    1. land owners and occupiers directly affected by the decision.

      1. If the territorial authority gives a notice summarising a decision, it must—

      2. make a copy of the decision available (whether physically or by electronic means) at all its offices and all public libraries in the district; and
        1. include with the notice a statement of the places where a copy of the decision is available; and
          1. send or provide, on request, a copy of the decision within 3 working days after the request is received.

            Notes
            • Section 173: replaced, on , by section 64 of the Resource Management Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 23).