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198H: Sections 198I to 198M apply to requirements under section 168A or 189A
or “These rules explain when a local council can pass a decision about special land uses to the Environment Court.”
You could also call this:

“The local council decides quickly if a special project can go ahead, without having to listen to everyone's opinions.”

When a territorial authority decides to notify a requirement under section 168A(1A) or 189A(2), they must make their decision within a specific timeframe. This timeframe starts when they decide to notify the requirement and ends five working days after the period for submissions closes.

If you submit your views on the requirement, you don’t have the right to speak to the territorial authority about their decision under section 198H.

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or “The local council writes a report and helps the court understand the plan for the area”
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198ITerritorial authority's decision

  1. The territorial authority must make its decision in the period—

  2. starting on the date on which the territorial authority decides to notify the requirement under section 168A(1A) or 189A(2); and
    1. ending 5 working days after the date on which the period for submissions on the requirement closes.

      1. No submitter has a right to be heard by the territorial authority on a decision under section 198H.

      Notes
      • Section 198I: inserted, on , by section 119 of the Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 31).