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429: Savings as to compensation claims
or “Keeping the right to ask for money if you were hurt before the new law started”
You could also call this:

“This rule protects ongoing court cases from being changed by new laws.”

This part of the law says that the Resource Management Act 1991 doesn’t change anything about court cases that were already happening when the Act started. If you had started a case in court before this law came into effect, your rights in that case stay the same. The only time this might not be true is if the Act specifically says something different somewhere else.

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or “The Minister of Conservation must create a plan for New Zealand's coast within one year”
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Part 15 Transitional provisions
Miscellaneous provisions

430Savings as to court proceedings

  1. Except as expressly provided in this Act, nothing in this Act shall affect the rights of any party to any proceedings commenced in any court on or before the commencement of this Act.