Resource Management Act 1991

Miscellaneous provisions - Rights of objection

360K: Minister to provide report to local authority

You could also call this:

"Minister must give local council a report after investigating and make it public"

Illustration for Resource Management Act 1991

The Minister has to give a report to the local authority after they finish investigating. You get the report if the Minister's recommendation is about your local authority's policy statement or plan. The Minister must give you the report as soon as they can.

The local authority can write back to the Minister within 20 working days if they do not agree with the report. The Minister has to think about what the local authority says when deciding what to do next. This includes deciding if they should recommend making new regulations under section 360I(1).

The Minister also has to put the report on the Ministry for the Environment's website within 10 working days of giving it to the local authority. This way, you can see what the Minister found out and what they recommend. The Minister must do this to keep you informed about what is happening.

This text is automatically generated. It might be out of date or be missing some parts. Find out more about how we do this.

This page was last updated on 10 September 2025

View the original legislation for this page at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=LMS1495166.

Topics:

Government and voting > Local councilsEnvironment and resources > Town planning

360J: Minister to investigate and report, or

"The Minister checks rules to see if they are fair and good for the community and writes a report about it"

360L: Minister to consult before recommending regulations, or

"Minister must talk to affected people before changing rules."

Part 14Miscellaneous provisions
Rights of objection

360KMinister to provide report to local authority

As soon as practicable after completing the investigation, the Minister must provide the report to the local authority to whose policy statement or plan the recommendation relates.
The local authority may provide a written response within 20 working days after receiving the report if the report recommends that a provision be modified or removed.
The Minister must consider any response by the local authority under subsection (2) when deciding whether to recommend that regulations be made under section 360I(1).
Within 10 working days after providing the report to the local authority, the Minister must publish the report on an Internet site maintained by the Ministry for the Environment.

Notes

Section 360K: inserted, on 21 August 2025, by section 86 of the Resource Management (Consenting and Other System Changes) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 41).