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Resource Management Act 1991

Occupation of common marine and coastal area - Duration of coastal permits for marine farms extended

165ZFHF: Decision to operate under extant coastal permit

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“If you choose to keep using your old permit for your sea farm, you must give up your new permit.”

If you have a coastal permit and decide to keep using your old one, you need to give up the new one. This is called surrendering the new permit. You must tell the consent authority about this decision. The consent authority is the group that manages coastal permits. They will send you a letter to say they got your message. When you get this letter, your decision to give up the new permit becomes official. This means you can keep using your old permit instead of the new one.

You can read more about the decision to use an old coastal permit in section 165ZFHE(2). The new permit that you’re giving up is mentioned in section 165ZFHE(1)(b).

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Part 7A Occupation of common marine and coastal area
Duration of coastal permits for marine farms extended

165ZFHFDecision to operate under extant coastal permit

  1. If a permit holder decides to operate under an extant coastal permit (see section 165ZFHE(2)), the holder must surrender the replacement permit referred to in section 165ZFHE(1)(b).

  2. The surrender under subsection (1) takes effect when the permit holder receives a written acknowledgement from the consent authority that it has received notice that the replacement permit is surrendered.

Notes
  • Section 165ZFHF: inserted, on , by section 4 of the Resource Management (Extended Duration of Coastal Permits for Marine Farms) Amendment Act 2024 (2024 No 32).