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Resource Management Act 1991

Standards, policy statements, and plans - Legal effect of rules - Legal effect of rules

86A: Purpose of sections 86B to 86G

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“These rules explain when new rules in a plan start to work, even before the whole plan is finished.”

The purpose of sections 86B to 86G is to tell you when a rule in a proposed plan becomes legally effective. This means they explain when you need to start following these rules.

These sections don’t change how much importance a consent authority gives to other parts of plans before they become official. This includes things like objectives, policies, and other issues, reasons, or methods. The consent authority can still consider these parts when making decisions, even if the plan isn’t fully in effect yet.

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Part 5 Standards, policy statements, and plans
Legal effect of rules: Legal effect of rules

86APurpose of sections 86B to 86G

  1. The purpose of sections 86B to 86G is to specify when a rule in a proposed plan has legal effect.

  2. Except to the extent that subsection (1) applies, sections 86B to 86G do not limit or affect the weight that a consent authority gives to objectives, policies, and other issues, reasons, or methods in plans before the plan becomes operative.

Notes
  • Section 86A: inserted, on , by section 68 of the Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 31).
  • Section 86A(1): amended, on , by section 71 of the Resource Legislation Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 15).