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222: Completion certificates
or “ A promise to finish work or pay money before getting approval for splitting up land ”
You could also call this:

“The local council checks and approves maps of divided land to make sure they follow the rules.”

If you own land and want to divide it up, you need to get approval from your local council. You can ask for this approval by giving the council a survey plan of your land. You can only do this if you have already gotten permission to divide your land (called a subdivision consent) or if you have a certificate that says your plan follows the rules (called a certificate of compliance).

When the council gets your survey plan, they have 10 working days to say yes or no to it. They will say yes if your plan matches the permission or certificate you already have.

If the council approves your plan, an important person from the council will sign it or approve it in another official way. This approval means that all the roads, private roads, reserves, and walkways shown on your plan are okay with the council.

Even if the council approves your plan, you still have to do anything else you promised when you got permission to divide your land.

Remember, the council’s approval doesn’t change any promises you made or rules you agreed to follow when you got permission to divide your land.

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or “A survey plan can only be deposited if it meets specific legal requirements and has proper approvals.”
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Part 10 Subdivision and reclamations
Approval and deposit of survey plans

223Approval of survey plan by territorial authority

  1. An owner of any land may submit to a territorial authority for its approval, a survey plan in respect of that land if—

  2. a subdivision consent has been obtained for the subdivision to which the survey plan relates, and that consent has not lapsed; or
    1. a certificate of compliance has been obtained, and that certificate has not lapsed.

      1. Within 10 working days after receiving a survey plan submitted to it under subsection (1), a territorial authority must either—

      2. approve the survey plan; or
        1. decline the survey plan.

          1. Subject to sections 237, 237A, 240, 241, and 243, a territorial authority shall approve a survey plan submitted to it under subsection (1) if it is satisfied that,—

          2. where a subdivision consent has been obtained, the survey plan conforms with the subdivision consent; or
            1. where a certificate of compliance has been obtained, the survey plan conforms with the certificate of compliance.

              1. The chief executive or an authorised officer of the territorial authority must certify that a survey plan has been approved under this section.

              2. A certification under subsection (3) may be made either—

              3. by signing the plan or a copy of it; or
                1. by any other means that—
                  1. identifies the person giving the certification and links the certificate to the survey plan; and
                    1. is as reliable as is appropriate to the purposes of this section.

                    2. A certificate under subsection (3) is conclusive evidence that all roads, private roads, reserves, land vested in the authority in lieu of reserves, and private ways shown on the survey plan have been authorised and accepted by the territorial authority under this Act and under the Local Government Act 1974.

                    3. Nothing in subsection (3) affects any obligation of the subdividing owner under any condition of a subdivision consent or bond entered into relating to the subdivision.

                    Notes
                    • Section 223(1A): inserted, on , by section 71 of the Resource Management Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 23).
                    • Section 223(2): amended, on , by section 118 of the Resource Management Amendment Act 1993 (1993 No 65).
                    • Section 223(3): replaced, on , by section 65(4) of the Land Transfer (Computer Registers and Electronic Lodgement) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 11).
                    • Section 223(3): amended, on , by section 262 of the Local Government Act 2002 (2002 No 84).
                    • Section 223(4): replaced, on , by section 65(4) of the Land Transfer (Computer Registers and Electronic Lodgement) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 11).
                    • Section 223(5): inserted, on , by section 65(4) of the Land Transfer (Computer Registers and Electronic Lodgement) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 11).
                    • Section 223(6): inserted, on , by section 65(4) of the Land Transfer (Computer Registers and Electronic Lodgement) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 11).