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116A: When coastal permit for aquaculture activities may commence
or “This law explains when you can start using a special permit to grow fish or shellfish in the sea.”
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“Resource consent starts after special park land swap is approved”

If you apply for a resource consent that involves exchanging recreation reserve land, there are some special rules about when your consent starts. The consent authority (like your local council) will tell you when they’ve finished the procedures set out in sections 15 and 15AA of the Reserves Act 1977. These procedures are about exchanging the recreation reserve land.

Your resource consent will start either on the day the consent authority tells you they’ve finished these procedures, or on a later date if they specify one. This means you can’t start using your resource consent until the land exchange process is complete and the consent authority gives you the go-ahead.

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Part 6 Resource consents
Decisions on applications relating to non-aquaculture activities

116BWhen resource consent commences if subject to grant of application to exchange recreation reserve land

  1. If a resource consent is subject to the grant of an application to exchange recreation reserve land under section 15AA of the Reserves Act 1977,—

  2. the consent authority must notify the applicant when the procedures in sections 15 and 15AA of that Act are complete; and
    1. the resource consent commences on—
      1. the date of the notification under paragraph (a); or
        1. any later date that is specified in the notification.

        Notes
        • Section 116B: inserted, on , by section 188(10) of the Resource Legislation Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 15).