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
4. 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
5. the rest of Part 1 does not apply unless it is expressly applied by—
   1. this subpart; or
   2. Part 5 of Schedule 1; or
   3. a direction given under clause 78 of Schedule 1.

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

   national direction means a direction made by—

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

   planning instrument—

   1. means a policy statement or plan; and
   2. 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:
   2. 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:
   3. the Minister, in every other case.

Notes

• Section 80B: inserted, on 19 April 2017, by section 66 of the Resource Legislation Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 15).