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Resource Management Act 1991

Standards, policy statements, and plans

43AAC: Meaning of proposed plan

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"A proposed plan is a suggested plan that hasn't been approved yet."

When you hear the term 'proposed plan' in this Act, it means a plan that has been suggested but not yet approved. This can include a plan that a local authority has proposed and notified under clause 5 or clause 5A of Schedule 1, but it has not yet become operative under clause 20 of that schedule. It also includes a plan that someone else has proposed under Part 2 of Schedule 1 and the local authority has adopted under clause 25(2)(a) of Schedule 1.

You should also know that a 'proposed plan' can include an IPI that has been notified under section 80F(1) or (2). What 'proposed plan' means is affected by section 86B and clause 10(5) of Schedule 1. This explanation of 'proposed plan' is important to understand how plans are made and approved.

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Part 5Standards, policy statements, and plans

43AACMeaning of proposed plan

  1. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, proposed plan—

  2. means a proposed plan, a variation to a proposed plan or change, or a change to a plan proposed by a local authority that has been notified under clause 5 of Schedule 1 or given limited notification under clause 5A of that schedule, but has not become operative in terms of clause 20 of that schedule; and
    1. includes—
      1. a proposed plan or a change to a plan proposed by a person under Part 2 of Schedule 1 that has been adopted by the local authority under clause 25(2)(a) of Schedule 1:
        1. an IPI notified in accordance with section 80F(1) or (2).

        2. Subsection (1) is subject to section 86B and clause 10(5) of Schedule 1.

        Notes
        • Section 43AAC: inserted, on , by section 42 of the Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 31).
        • Section 43AAC(1)(a): amended, on , by section 26(a) of the Resource Legislation Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 15).
        • Section 43AAC(1)(a): amended, on , by section 26(b) of the Resource Legislation Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 15).
        • Section 43AAC(1)(b): replaced, on , by section 6 of the Resource Management (Enabling Housing Supply and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2021 (2021 No 59).