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Resource Management Act 1991

Resource consents - Application for resource consent

89A: Applications affecting navigation to be referred to Maritime New Zealand

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"Tell Maritime New Zealand about plans that affect navigation in our waters"

When you apply for a resource consent that affects navigation, the local authority looks at your application. You might be applying to do something in the coastal marine area, like reclaiming land or building a structure. You might also be applying to remove material from the coastal marine area or to use a navigable lake or river.

The local authority sends a copy of your application to Maritime New Zealand. Maritime New Zealand then reports back on any navigation-related matters that are relevant to your application. They might suggest conditions that should be included in the consent for navigation-related purposes.

Maritime New Zealand has 15 working days to report back after receiving your application. If they do not report back within this time, the local authority might think they have nothing to say. The local authority must give a copy of Maritime New Zealand's report to you and to anyone who has made a submission on your application.

The local authority must consider Maritime New Zealand's report when looking at your application. This is so they can make a decision that takes into account any navigation-related matters. The local authority follows the rules set out in the Resource Management Act 1991 and other related laws, such as the Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Act 2009.

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Part 6Resource consents
Application for resource consent

89AApplications affecting navigation to be referred to Maritime New Zealand

  1. This section applies to the following applications:

  2. an application for a coastal permit to do any of the following in the coastal marine area:
    1. reclaim land:
      1. build a structure:
        1. do or maintain works for the improvement, management, protection, or utilisation of a harbour:
        2. an application for a coastal permit to remove boulders, mud, sand, shell, shingle, silt, stone, or other similar material from the coastal marine area:
          1. an application for a land use consent to enter onto or pass across the surface of water in a navigable lake or river:
            1. an application for a land use consent to use the bed of a navigable lake or river.

              1. The local authority must send a copy of the application to Maritime New Zealand.

              2. Maritime New Zealand must report to the local authority on any navigation-related matters that Maritime New Zealand considers relevant to the application, including any conditions that it considers should be included in the consent for navigation-related purposes.

              3. If Maritime New Zealand wants to report, it must do so within 15 working days after receiving a copy of the application. If it fails to report within that time limit, the local authority may take the failure as an indication that Maritime New Zealand has nothing to report.

              4. The local authority must—

              5. ensure that a copy of Maritime New Zealand's report is provided to—
                1. the applicant; and
                  1. every person who has made a submission on the application:
                  2. take the report into account in its consideration of the application.

                    Notes
                    • Section 89A: inserted, on , by section 72 of the Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 31).