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Resource Management Act 1991

Miscellaneous provisions

353: Notices and consents in relation to Maori land

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“Rules for sending messages and getting permission for Māori land”

When you need to give notices about Maori land under this Act, you need to follow the rules in Part 10 of Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993. These rules tell you how to properly give notices to the owners of Maori land.

Sometimes, the owners of Maori land might need more time to do something after they get a notice. They can ask for extra time, but they can’t get more than 20 working days extra, unless the local authority or the EPA says it’s okay to have more time.

This rule about extra time comes from section 181(4) of Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993. It’s important to remember that the local authority or the EPA can decide to give more than 20 extra working days if they think it’s necessary.

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Topics:
Māori affairs > Māori land
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Part 14 Miscellaneous provisions

353Notices and consents in relation to Maori land

  1. Part 10 of Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 shall apply to the service of notices under this Act on owners of Maori land, except that in no case shall the period fixed for anything to be done by the owners be extended by more than 20 working days under section 181(4) of that Act, unless otherwise provided by the local authority or the EPA.

Notes
  • Section 353: replaced, on , by section 158 of the Resource Management Amendment Act 1993 (1993 No 65).
  • Section 353: amended, on , by section 97 of the Resource Management Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 30).