Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011

Customary interests - Customary marine title - Obligations arising in respect of customary marine title planning documents

90: Obligation on Director-General

You could also call this:

"The Director-General must consider a group's planning document when changing conservation plans."

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When a customary marine title group gives a planning document to the Director-General, you need to know the Director-General must consider the important points in the document. This happens when the Director-General is reviewing or changing a conservation management strategy that affects the group's area. The Director-General must do this after the planning document is registered. A conservation management strategy is explained in section 2(1) of the Conservation Act 1987.

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Environment and resources > ConservationMāori affairs > Māori land

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Part 3Customary interests
Customary marine title: Obligations arising in respect of customary marine title planning documents

90Obligation on Director-General

If a customary marine title group lodges a planning document with the Director-General, the Director-General must, on and after the date that a planning document is registered, take into account the relevant matters set out in the document when reviewing or amending a conservation management strategy that directly affects the customary marine title area of the group that lodged the planning document.
In this section, conservation management strategy has the meaning given in section 2(1) of the Conservation Act 1987.