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431: Obligation to prepare draft New Zealand coastal policy statement within 1 year
or “The Minister of Conservation must create a plan for New Zealand's coast within one year”
You could also call this:

“Regional councils must create and share plans for their area's resources within a set time.”

If you are a regional council, you need to do two important things within a specific time frame. First, within two years after this law starts, you must tell everyone about a proposed regional policy statement for your area. This is a document that explains how you plan to manage the environment in your region.

Second, by 1 July 1994, you must let everyone know about a proposed regional coastal plan (or plans) for your area. This plan shows how you will look after the coastal areas in your region.

If you do the first task on time, you won’t be breaking the rules in section 60 or section 64 during the time between when this law starts and when your policy statement or plan becomes official.

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Part 15 Transitional provisions
Miscellaneous provisions

432Obligation to prepare regional policy statements and coastal plans within 2 years

  1. Every regional council shall, in accordance with this Act and within 2 years after the date of commencement of this Act, publicly notify a proposed regional policy statement for its region.

  2. Every regional council shall, in accordance with this Act, publicly notify, by 1 July 1994, a proposed regional coastal plan or plans for its region.

  3. A regional council that complies with subsection (1) shall not be in breach of section 60 or section 64, as the case may be, during the period from the date of commencement of this Act until the policy statement or plan becomes operative.

Notes
  • Section 432(1): replaced, on , by section 208 of the Resource Management Amendment Act 1993 (1993 No 65).
  • Section 432(1A): inserted, on , by section 208 of the Resource Management Amendment Act 1993 (1993 No 65).