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Resource Management Act 1991

Standards, policy statements, and plans - National direction - National policy statements

51A: Withdrawal of proposed national policy statement

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"The Minister can cancel a proposed national policy statement before it's approved."

The Minister can withdraw all or part of a proposed national policy statement at any time before it is approved under section 52(2). You need to know that the Minister can do this before the statement is officially agreed to. The Minister has to tell the public that they are withdrawing the statement and explain why they are doing it.

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Part 5Standards, policy statements, and plans
National direction: National policy statements

51AWithdrawal of proposed national policy statement

  1. The Minister may withdraw all or part of a proposed national policy statement at any time before the statement is approved under section 52(2).

  2. The Minister must give public notice of the withdrawal, including the reasons for the withdrawal.

  3. Repealed
Notes
  • Section 51A: inserted, on , by section 51 of the Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 31).
  • Section 51A(3): repealed, on , by section 13 of the Resource Management (Freshwater and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2024 (2024 No 43).