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Resource Management Act 1991

Resource consents - Streamlining decision-making on resource consents

87I: When consent authority must determine application

You could also call this:

“When the organisation in charge must decide if you can do something with land or water”

You need to know when a consent authority must decide on an application. This happens in two situations. First, when you get a report under section 87F(5). Second, when either you tell the authority you don’t plan to file a notice with the Environment Court under section 87G(2), or you simply don’t file such a notice. If these things happen, the consent authority has to make a decision on your application.

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Part 6 Resource consents
Streamlining decision-making on resource consents

87IWhen consent authority must determine application

  1. This section applies when—

  2. an applicant receives a report under section 87F(5); and
    1. either—
      1. the applicant advises the authority that the applicant does not intend to lodge a notice of motion with the Environment Court under section 87G(2); or
        1. the applicant does not lodge a notice of motion with the Environment Court under section 87G(2).

          1. The application must be determined by the consent authority.

          Notes
          • Section 87I: inserted, on , by section 69 of the Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 31).
          • Section 87I(1)(b)(ii): amended, on , by section 91(1) of the Resource Management Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 63).
          • Section 87I(1)(c): repealed, on , by section 91(2) of the Resource Management Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 63).