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390D: Timing for renewals
or “This law explains when and how people can ask to keep using resources after their old permission runs out.”
You could also call this:

“This law explains how old requests for air pollution permits will be handled under the new rules.”

If you applied for a licence or approval under the Clean Air Act 1972 before this new law started, but you didn’t get an answer yet, here’s what happens:

The licensing authority will decide how to handle your application. They might:

  1. Deal with it themselves using the old Clean Air Act rules.
  2. Use the old rules but also think about some new things from this law.
  3. Pass it to a different authority to handle under the new rules.

You can’t argue with their choice in court.

When they’re deciding, they’ll think about how far along your application is and what you and others have said about it. They’ll let you know what they decide and what you need to do next.

If they pass your application to a new authority, it will count as if you applied for a discharge permit under the new rules.

If your application is approved, it counts as getting a discharge permit under the new law. You can appeal this decision if you want to.

If you had the right to appeal or ask for a review under the old law, you can still do that.

In this section, ‘licensing authority’ means the same thing it did in the old Clean Air Act.

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Next up: 391A: Resource consents following approval under Clean Air Act 1972

or “This law explains how people can get permission to release things into the air if they already had approval before the new rules started.”
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Part 15 Transitional provisions
Transitional resource consents

391Applications for licences and approvals under Clean Air Act 1972

  1. Where, before the date of commencement of this Act, an application has been made for—

  2. a licence within the meaning of the Clean Air Act 1972; or
    1. an approval under section 31 of that Act in respect of any scheduled premises within the meaning of that Act—
        1. and the application has not been granted, declined, or withdrawn before that date, the licensing authority shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, decide whether the application is to be dealt with after that date—
      1. by the licensing authority, in accordance with the Clean Air Act 1972 as if this Act had not been enacted; or
        1. by the licensing authority, in accordance with the Clean Air Act 1972 as if this Act had not been enacted, but having regard to the matters set out in section 104 (which deals with matters to be considered on an application for a resource consent); or
          1. by the appropriate consent authority, in accordance with this Act, as if the application had been made under this Act—
              1. and any such decision shall be final and not subject to appeal to, or review by, any court or the Environment Court.

            1. When making a decision for the purposes of subsection (1), the licensing authority shall have regard to—

            2. the progress made in consideration of the application; and
              1. any representations (whether written or not) made to the authority by the applicant and any other person as to the appropriate manner of dealing with the application—
                  1. and shall also ensure that written notice of the decision and anything that the applicant is required to do as a result of the decision is served, as soon as reasonably practicable after the decision is made, on every person (including the applicant) whom the licensing authority considers should receive notice.

                1. Where the licensing authority decides that the application should be dealt with in accordance with subsection (1)(e), the licensing authority shall as soon as reasonably practicable refer the application, and all information relevant to it, to the relevant consent authority and, for the purposes of section 88, the application shall be deemed to be an application for a discharge permit made by the applicant on the date that it is received by the relevant consent authority.

                2. The granting of an application to which subsection (1) applies in accordance with this section—

                3. constitutes the granting of a discharge permit under this Act, notwithstanding that all requirements of this Act in relation to applications for, and granting of, discharge permits may not have been complied with; and
                  1. may be appealed against in accordance with this Act accordingly.

                    1. A person who, if this Act had not been enacted, had—

                    2. a right of appeal; or
                      1. a right to make any application for review—
                          1. in respect of any application to which subsection (1) applies or any decision thereon may continue to exercise that right.

                        1. In this section, licensing authority has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Clean Air Act 1972 before its repeal by this Act.

                        Notes
                        • Section 391(1): amended, on , pursuant to section 6(2)(a) of the Resource Management Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 160).