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165ZFHK: Concurrence of Director-General required for review to proceed
or “The government's top marine official must agree before changes to sea farming rules can be looked at.”
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“How authorities check and change rules for using shared sea areas”

If you have an extended coastal permit, the consent authority might want to review its conditions. Here’s how that process works:

Within 20 working days of getting approval from the Director-General, the consent authority can start a review. They’ll let you know about this if you hold the permit. They’ll also tell certain groups if the permit affects their area. These groups include iwi authorities, post-settlement governance entities, Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Porou, iwi and hapū involved in a Mana Whakahono ā Rohe, and customary marine title groups.

If you’re notified about the review, you have 20 working days to give your thoughts to the consent authority. You need to do this in writing, following the rules set out in section 96(5) to (7).

The consent authority won’t hold a hearing for this review. The usual hearing process described in sections 99 to 103B doesn’t apply to this type of review.

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Part 7A Occupation of common marine and coastal area
Review of conditions applying to extended coastal permits

165ZFHLProcess applying to review

  1. Not later than 20 working days after a consent authority has received written notice of the Director-General’s concurrence with the proposed review, the consent authority may initiate a review of the conditions of an extended coastal permit by notifying that intention to—

  2. any of the following groups or persons if the extended coastal permit applies in their rohe:
    1. iwi authorities:
      1. post-settlement governance entities:
        1. Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Porou as defined in section 10 of Ngā Rohe Moana o Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Porou Act 2019:
          1. iwi and hapū that are party to a Mana Whakahono ā Rohe under this Act:
            1. customary marine title groups (within the meaning of the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011) that—
              1. hold customary marine title in an area under that Act; or
                1. have applied under that Act for customary marine title but whose application has not yet been determined; and
              2. the permit holder.

                1. Groups or persons notified under subsection (1) may make submissions on the proposed review to the relevant consent authority—

                2. within 20 working days after limited notification was given under subsection (1); and
                  1. in accordance with section 96(5) to (7).

                    1. A consent authority undertaking a review under this subpart must not hold a hearing as part of that review and nothing in sections 99 to 103B applies to a review under this subpart.

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