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Resource Management Act 1991

Standards, policy statements, and plans - National direction - National planning standards

58D: Preparation of national planning standards

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When the Minister decides to prepare a national planning standard, they must follow the rules in this section and in sections 58E to 58K. The Minister can think about things like whether it is desirable to have national consistency in relation to a resource management issue. They can also think about whether the national planning standard supports things like national environmental standards or regulations made under this Act. The Minister must prepare a draft national planning standard before approving it. They must publicly notify the draft and give the public, local authorities, and iwi authorities time to make a submission on it. The Minister must establish a process that allows people to make submissions and requires a report and recommendations to be made on those submissions.

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Part 5Standards, policy statements, and plans
National direction: National planning standards

58DPreparation of national planning standards

  1. If the Minister decides to prepare a national planning standard, the Minister must prepare it in accordance with this section and sections 58E to 58K.

  2. In preparing or amending a national planning standard, the Minister may have regard to—

  3. whether it is desirable to have national consistency in relation to a resource management issue:
    1. whether the national planning standard supports the implementation of national environmental standards, national policy statements, a New Zealand coastal policy statement, or regulations made under this Act:
      1. whether the national planning standard should allow for local circumstances and, if so, to what extent:
        1. whether it is appropriate for the national planning standard to apply to a specified district, region, or other parts of New Zealand rather than nationally:
          1. any other matter that is relevant to the purpose of the national planning standard.

            1. Before approving a national planning standard, the Minister must—

            2. prepare a draft national planning standard; and
                1. publicly notify the draft; and
                  1. establish a process that—
                    1. the Minister considers gives the public, local authorities, and iwi authorities adequate time and opportunity to make a submission on the draft; and
                      1. requires a report and recommendations to be made to the Minister on those submissions and the subject matter of the draft.

                      Notes
                      • Section 58D: inserted, on , by section 50 of the Resource Legislation Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 15).
                      • Section 58D(3)(b): repealed, on , by section 17 of the Resource Management (Freshwater and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2024 (2024 No 43).