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387: Existing geothermal licences and authorisations deemed to be water permits
or “Old permissions to use heat from the ground are now treated as special water permits”
You could also call this:

“People using special permits must tell the authorities about what they're doing and how it affects nature when asked”

If you have a resource consent that was automatically given to you under certain sections of the law, you need to provide information about what you’re doing with it when the consent authority asks. You’ll need to tell them about the activities you’re carrying out and how these activities are affecting the environment in your region.

The consent authority can ask for this information so they can properly manage the resource that your activities are affecting. This helps them make sure everything is being used responsibly and sustainably.

Remember, you only need to give this information when the consent authority asks for it. They might not ask all the time, but when they do, it’s important to provide accurate and complete information about your activities and their effects on the environment.

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or “Unfinished requests for special permissions before the new law started are now treated as requests for resource consents”
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Part 15 Transitional provisions
Transitional resource consents

388Requirement to supply information

  1. Every person who exercises a resource consent that is deemed to be granted under any of sections 384(1)(b), 385, 386, 387, and 413 shall, as and when required by the consent authority to do so, supply the consent authority with information as to the nature and extent of the activities carried out under the consent and the effects of those activities upon the environment within the region.

  2. The purpose for which information may be required under subsection (1) is to enable the consent authority to properly manage the resource affected by any such activity.