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Resource Management Act 1991

Standards, policy statements, and plans - Planning processes stopped until 31 December 2027 - Withdrawal of proposed planning instruments

80T: When Minister may intervene to direct against withdrawal

You could also call this:

"The Minister can stop a local council from cancelling a planning proposal to protect important laws and agreements."

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The Minister can step in if they think finishing a proposed planning instrument will help with rights and obligations from certain laws, like a Treaty of Waitangi settlement Act or the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011 or the Ngā Rohe Moana o Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Porou Act 2019. You need to know the Minister has this power before a local authority can withdraw a proposed planning instrument under section 80Q. The Minister can tell the local authority in writing not to withdraw the proposed planning instrument.

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Part 5Standards, policy statements, and plans
Planning processes stopped until 31 December 2027: Withdrawal of proposed planning instruments

80TWhen Minister may intervene to direct against withdrawal

  1. Subsection (2) applies if the Minister considers that completing the process for a proposed planning instrument would assist in giving effect to any rights and obligations arising under—

  2. a Treaty of Waitangi settlement Act or deed of settlement:
    1. the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011:
      1. the Ngā Rohe Moana o Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Porou Act 2019.

        1. The Minister may, before a local authority withdraws all or part of a proposed planning instrument under section 80Q, direct the local authority in writing not to withdraw the proposed planning instrument.

        Notes
        • Section 80T: inserted, on , by section 26 of the Resource Management (Consenting and Other System Changes) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 41).