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165ZFHL: Process applying to review
or “How authorities check and change rules for using shared sea areas”
You could also call this:

“Explains how a government group decides whether to change rules for using the sea and coast”

When a consent authority reviews a coastal permit under this part of the law, they need to make a decision within 2 years of starting the review. They have to decide if they want to add new conditions, change existing ones, or keep everything the same for the permit they’re reviewing.

To make this decision, the consent authority needs to do two things. First, they have to apply section 131 of the law, as much as it applies to this kind of review. They might need to make some changes to how they use that section for this specific review. Second, they need to think about any submissions they got from people during the review process, as mentioned in section 165ZFHL(2).

After they’ve made their decision, the consent authority needs to tell the people who were notified about the review and who made a submission. They should do this as soon as they can, and they need to tell these people in writing about what they decided.

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Next up: 165ZFHN: Right of appeal

or “You can ask a special court to change a decision about rules for using the sea and coast.”
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Part 7A Occupation of common marine and coastal area
Review of conditions applying to extended coastal permits

165ZFHMDecision on review

  1. A consent authority that undertakes a review under this subpart must, not later than 2 years after initiating the review, decide whether to add to, amend, or make no change to, any condition of the coastal permit under review.

  2. In making that decision, the consent authority must—

  3. apply section 131, as far as it is relevant to a review under this subpart (and with any necessary modifications); and
    1. consider any submissions received under section 165ZFHL(2).

      1. The consent authority must, as soon as is reasonably practicable, give written notice of the outcome of the review to the persons notified if they made a submission (see section 165ZFHL(1) and (2)).

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