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Resource Management Act 1991

Declarations, enforcement, and ancillary powers - Emergency works

330A: Resource consents for emergency works

You could also call this:

“This law explains how to get permission for work done in emergencies after it has already happened.”

If you do something in an emergency as described in section 330, you need to tell the right authority about it within 7 days. This applies to you if you’re not the person who lives there, or if you’re an authority, a network utility operator, or a lifeline utility.

If what you did in the emergency would normally break the rules in sections 9, 12, 13, 14, or 15, and it’s still causing problems, you need to apply for the right permissions. You have to do this within 20 working days of telling the authority about what you did.

When you apply for permission within this time, you can keep doing what you were doing until a decision is made about your application. This includes any appeals that might happen after the decision.

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Part 12 Declarations, enforcement, and ancillary powers
Emergency works

330AResource consents for emergency works

  1. Where an activity is undertaken under section 330, the person (other than the occupier), authority, network utility operator, or lifeline utility who or which undertook the activity shall advise the appropriate consent authority, within 7 days, that the activity has been undertaken.

  2. Where such an activity, but for section 330, contravenes any of sections 9, 12, 13, 14, and 15 and the adverse effects of the activity continue, then the person (other than the occupier), authority, network utility operator, or lifeline utility who or which undertook the activity shall apply in writing to the appropriate consent authority for any necessary resource consents required in respect of the activity within 20 working days of the notification under subsection (1).

  3. If the application is made within the time stated in subsection (2), the activity may continue until the application for a resource consent and any appeals have been finally determined.

Notes
  • Section 330A: inserted, on , by section 151 of the Resource Management Amendment Act 1993 (1993 No 65).
  • Section 330A(1): amended, on , by section 57 of the Resource Management Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 63).
  • Section 330A(1): amended, on , by section 121(1)(a) of the Resource Management Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 87).
  • Section 330A(1): amended, on , by section 121(1)(b) of the Resource Management Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 87).
  • Section 330A(2): amended, on , by section 57 of the Resource Management Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 63).
  • Section 330A(2): amended, on , by section 121(2)(a) of the Resource Management Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 87).
  • Section 330A(2): amended, on , by section 121(2)(b) of the Resource Management Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 87).