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80A: Freshwater planning process
or “Rules for creating and managing regional plans about freshwater”
You could also call this:

“This explains the rules for making changes to plans and policies quickly and easily, depending on how big and important the changes are.”

This part of the law explains how to make planning rules more quickly. You can use this process when the responsible Minister says it’s okay. The process is meant to be faster but still appropriate for the planning issues being looked at.

When you use this process, some parts of Schedule 1 still apply. These include the beginning parts, some middle parts, and some end parts. Other parts of Schedule 1 only apply if this section, Part 5 of Schedule 1, or the Minister specifically says they do.

In this part of the law, there are some important words to know:

“National direction” means rules made by national planning standards, national environmental standards, regulations under section 360, or national policy statements.

“Planning instrument” means a policy statement or plan, including any changes to them.

“Responsible Minister” means the Minister or Ministers who give permission to use this process. It could be the Minister of Conservation for coastal plans, both the Minister and the Minister of Conservation for plans that involve both of their areas, or just the Minister for everything else.

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Next up: 80C: Application to responsible Minister for direction

or “Asking the person in charge if you can use a quicker way to make new rules for your area”
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Part 5 Standards, policy statements, and plans
Streamlined planning process

80BPurpose, scope, application of Schedule 1, and definitions

  1. This subpart and Part 5 of Schedule 1 provide a process, through a direction of the responsible Minister, for the preparation of a planning instrument in order to achieve an expeditious planning process that is proportionate to the complexity and significance of the planning issues being considered.

  2. Under this subpart, Schedule 1 applies as follows:

  3. clauses 1A to 3C, 6, 6A, 16, and 20A apply; and
    1. clauses 4, 9, 13, 21 to 27 (other than clauses 25(2)(a)(i) and (ii) and 26(b)), and 28(2) to (6) apply; but
      1. the rest of Part 1 does not apply unless it is expressly applied by—
        1. this subpart; or
          1. Part 5 of Schedule 1; or
            1. a direction given under clause 78 of Schedule 1.

            2. In this subpart and Part 5 of Schedule 1,—

              national direction means a direction made by—

              1. a national planning standard; or
                1. a national environmental standard; or
                  1. regulations made under section 360; or
                    1. a national policy statement

                      planning instrument—

                      1. means a policy statement or plan; and
                        1. includes a change or variation to a policy statement or plan

                          responsible Minister means the Minister or Ministers who give a direction in accordance with this subpart and Part 5 of Schedule 1, namely,—

                          1. the Minister of Conservation, in the case of a regional coastal plan:
                            1. both the Minister and the Minister of Conservation, in the case of a proposed planning instrument that is to encompass matters within the jurisdiction of both those Ministers:
                              1. the Minister, in every other case.

                              Notes
                              • Section 80B: inserted, on , by section 66 of the Resource Legislation Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 15).