Resource Management Act 1991

Functions, powers, and duties of central and local government - Functions, powers, and duties of Ministers

25B: Ministers may direct commencement of review

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"The Government can ask councils to review their plans and must give them a reasonable time to start."

The Minister can tell a regional council to review its regional plan, except the coastal part, and must give a reasonable time to start. You need to know that the Minister of Conservation can tell a regional council to review its coastal plan and must also give a reasonable time to start. The Minister can tell a territorial authority to review its district plan and must give a reasonable time to start.

When a Minister tells a council to review a plan, some rules from section 79(5) to (9) will apply to the review, with some changes if needed. The Minister has to make sure the council knows when to start the review. You can find more information about how this law was changed by looking at the Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Act 2009.

The rules about reviewing plans are important for councils to follow. The Minister's job is to make sure councils are doing their job correctly. You can learn more about the laws that govern how councils work by reading the Resource Management Act.

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25A: Minister may direct preparation of plan, change, or variation, or

"The Minister can ask a council to create or change a plan to help manage the environment."

26: Minister may make grants and loans, or

"The Minister can give money or lend money to help people do good things for the environment."

Part 4Functions, powers, and duties of central and local government
Functions, powers, and duties of Ministers

25BMinisters may direct commencement of review

The Minister may direct a regional council to commence a review of the whole or any part of its regional plan (except its regional coastal plan) and, if he or she does so, must specify a reasonable period within which the review must commence.
The Minister of Conservation may direct a regional council to commence a review of the whole or any part of its regional coastal plan and, if he or she does so, must specify a reasonable period within which the review must commence.
The Minister may direct a territorial authority to commence a review of the whole or any part of its district plan and, if he or she does so, must specify a reasonable period within which the review must commence.
For the purposes of subsections (1) to (3), section 79(5) to (9) apply to the review with any necessary modification.

Notes

Section 25B: inserted, on 1 October 2009, by section 24 of the Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 31).