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Resource Management Act 1991

Transitional provisions - Miscellaneous provisions

431: Obligation to prepare draft New Zealand coastal policy statement within 1 year

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"The government must create a plan to protect New Zealand's coast within 1 year."

The Minister of Conservation has to prepare a draft New Zealand coastal policy statement. You will see this draft within 1 year after the Resource Management Act starts. The Minister will make this draft public. If the Minister does this, they will not be breaking the rules in section 57 until the New Zealand coastal policy statement is in effect. The Minister has to follow the rules in the Resource Management Act when preparing the draft. You can find more information about this in the Act.

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Part 15Transitional provisions
Miscellaneous provisions

431Obligation to prepare draft New Zealand coastal policy statement within 1 year

  1. The Minister of Conservation shall, in accordance with this Act and within 1 year after the date of commencement of this Act, publicly notify a proposed New Zealand coastal policy statement.

  2. The Minister of Conservation shall not, if he or she complies with subsection (1), be in breach of section 57 during the period from the date of commencement of this Act until the New Zealand coastal policy statement becomes operative.

Notes
  • Section 431 heading: amended, on , by section 207 of the Resource Management Amendment Act 1993 (1993 No 65).
  • Section 431(1): amended, on , by section 207 of the Resource Management Amendment Act 1993 (1993 No 65).