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Resource Management Act 1991

Occupation of common marine and coastal area - Plan change requests and concurrent applications for coastal permits in relation to aquaculture activities

165ZX: Consideration of plan change request and concurrent application

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“A council must look at changes to plans before deciding if someone can use the sea for fish farming.”

When you ask a regional council to change a plan and apply for something at the same time under subpart 4 of Part 7A, the council has to do two things in order. First, they’ll look at your request to change the plan. Then, based on what they decide about the plan change, they’ll look at your application.

If the council decides not to change the plan in a way that would allow your aquaculture activity, they have to say no to your application. This happens if your activity is still not allowed after they’ve made a decision about changing the plan.

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Part 7A Occupation of common marine and coastal area
Plan change requests and concurrent applications for coastal permits in relation to aquaculture activities

165ZXConsideration of plan change request and concurrent application

  1. A regional council considering a plan change request and its concurrent application made under subpart 4 of Part 7A must,—

  2. firstly, determine matters in relation to the plan change request; and
    1. secondly, determine matters in relation to the concurrent application, based on its determination of matters in relation to the plan change request.

      1. A regional council must decline a concurrent application if, as a result of the council's determination on the plan change request, the aquaculture activity that the concurrent application relates to remains a prohibited activity.

      Notes
      • Section 165ZX: inserted, on , by section 55 of the Resource Management Amendment Act (No 2) 2011 (2011 No 70).