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:
4. 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:
5. whether the national planning standard should allow for local circumstances and, if so, to what extent:
6. 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:
7. any other matter that is relevant to the purpose of the national planning standard.

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

9. prepare a draft national planning standard; and
11. publicly notify the draft; and
12. 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
    2. requires a report and recommendations to be made to the Minister on those submissions and the subject matter of the draft.