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79: Review of policy statements and plans
or “Local councils must check and update their plans and rules every ten years to make sure they're still good.”
You could also call this:

“Councils don't have to start a big review of their plans when a new law about the environment is approved.”

This provision used to be about what local authorities needed to do when reviewing their plans after a new law was passed. However, this part of the law has been removed. It no longer applies, so you don’t need to worry about it anymore. If you want to know more about why it was removed, you can look at section 6 of a different law that made changes to this one.

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Next up: 79AA: Application of temporary provisions in respect of section 79

or “Rules for reviewing local plans are changing for a short time”
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Part 5 Standards, policy statements, and plans
Local authority policy statements and plans: Review

79ALocal authority not required to commence full plan review after Natural and Built Environment Act 2023 receives Royal assent (Repealed)

    Notes
    • Section 79A: repealed, on , by section 6 of the Resource Management (Natural and Built Environment and Spatial Planning Repeal and Interim Fast-track Consenting) Act 2023 (2023 No 68).