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Resource Management Act 1991

Functions, powers, and duties of central and local government - Functions, powers, and duties of Ministers

28B: Functions of Minister of Aquaculture

You could also call this:

“The Minister of Aquaculture has special jobs to help manage fish farming in the sea.”

The Minister of Aquaculture has four main jobs under this law. You can think of these as special powers they have to manage aquaculture in New Zealand’s coastal areas.

First, the Minister can pause new applications for permits to do aquaculture activities in the sea. This is done under section 165ZD.

Second, the Minister can tell people to process and listen to applications for sea farming permits all at once. This is done under section 165ZFA.

Third, the Minister can suggest making new rules that change regional coastal plans for sea farming activities. These suggestions are made under sections 360A to 360C.

Lastly, the Minister can decide who gets permission to do certain things in the sea, but only when a regional plan says the Minister should make these decisions. This happens because of changes made to the regional plan by rules under section 360A.

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Functions, powers, and duties of Ministers

28BFunctions of Minister of Aquaculture

  1. The Minister of Aquaculture has the following functions under this Act:

  2. suspending the receipt of applications for coastal permits authorising aquaculture activities to be undertaken in the coastal marine area under section 165ZD:
    1. making a direction to process and hear together applications for coastal permits authorising aquaculture activities to be undertaken in the coastal marine area under section 165ZFA:
      1. recommending the making of regulations under sections 360A to 360C that amend regional coastal plans in relation to aquaculture activities in the coastal marine area:
        1. making decisions on the allocation of authorisations under Part 7A where the Minister is specified as the decision maker in a regional plan (as a result of amendments to the regional plan by regulations made under section 360A).

          Notes
          • Section 28B: inserted, on , by section 8 of the Resource Management Amendment Act (No 2) 2011 (2011 No 70).
          • Section 28B(d): inserted, on , by section 805(4) of the Natural and Built Environment Act 2023 (2023 No 46).