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National Parks Act 1980

Control and management of national parks - Management plans

47: Procedure for preparing and reviewing management plans

You could also call this:

"How to make or update a plan for looking after a national park"

When you want to create or update a plan for managing a national park, you need to follow these steps:

The Director-General will talk to the Board in charge of the park. They will put a notice in local and major city newspapers to let people know about the plan. They will ask for ideas from anyone interested.

After that, the Director-General and the Board will make a draft plan. They will again put notices in newspapers to tell people the draft is ready. You can look at the draft for free at certain places. If you want to comment on the draft, you have at least two months to do so.

If you asked to speak about your comments, you'll get a chance to talk to people from the Board and the Director-General.

The Director-General will think about all the comments and might change the draft plan. Then they'll send it to the Board.

The Board will look at the changes and either ask the Director-General to think about it more or send it to the Authority for approval.

When the Board sends the plan to the Authority, they also send a summary of comments they got and if they used those ideas. They also tell the Authority if there's anything they and the Director-General don't agree on.

When making these plans, everyone involved needs to think about any current agreements about using the park.

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Part 5Control and management of national parks
Management plans

47Procedure for preparing and reviewing management plans

  1. Before preparing or reviewing a management plan for any park, the Director-General shall consult the Board having jurisdiction over that park, and shall—

  2. give notice by advertisement published in a newspaper circulating in the area in which the park is situated and in daily newspapers circulating in the cities of Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin of the intention to do so; and
    1. in that notice, invite persons and organisations interested to send to the Director-General written suggestions for the proposed plan within a time specified in the notice.

      1. Every management plan shall be prepared initially in draft form by the Director-General in consultation with the Board, and the Director-General shall—

      2. give notice by advertisement published in a newspaper circulating in the area in which the park is situated and in daily newspapers circulating in the cities of Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin that the draft plan is available for inspection at a place and at times specified in the notice, and calling upon persons or organisations interested to lodge with the Director-General written comments on the draft plan before a date specified in the notice, being not less than 2 months after the date of publication of the notice; and
        1. give notice in writing, so far as is practicable, to all persons and organisations who or which made written suggestions under subsection (1) stating that the draft plan has been prepared and is available for inspection at the place and during the times specified in the notice, and requiring any such person or organisation who or which desires to comment on the draft plan to make those comments in writing to the Director-General before a specified date, being not less than 2 months after the date of the giving of the notice; and
          1. make the draft management plan available for public inspection, free of charge, during ordinary office hours at places decided by the Director-General, and at the office of the Director-General at Wellington.

            1. The Board and the Director-General shall give every person or organisation who or which, in making any comments under subsection (2), asked to be heard in support of his or her or its comments a reasonable opportunity of appearing before a meeting of the representatives of the Board and the Director-General in support of his or her or its comments.

            2. The Director-General may, after considering all comments and submissions made under subsections (2) and (3), amend any draft management plan in such manner as the Director-General thinks fit, and shall send it to the Board.

            3. The Board shall consider the amendments made by the Director-General under subsection (4), and shall either—

            4. send the draft back to the Director-General for further consideration and revision and after such consideration send the draft to the Authority for approval; or
              1. send the draft to the Authority for approval.

                1. With every recommendation made under subsection (5), the Board shall also send to the Authority—

                2. a summary of the comments received and a statement of the extent to which they have or have not been accepted; and
                  1. statements of any matters relating to the management plan on which the Director-General and the Board have been unable to reach agreement.

                    1. In exercising their functions, duties, and powers under this section, the Board, the Director-General, and the Authority shall have regard to any relevant concessions for the time being in force.

                    Notes
                    • Section 47(1): amended, on , by section 119(1) of the Conservation Law Reform Act 1990 (1990 No 31).
                    • Section 47(1): amended, on , by section 65(1) of the Conservation Act 1987 (1987 No 65).
                    • Section 47(1)(b): amended, on , by section 65(1) of the Conservation Act 1987 (1987 No 65).
                    • Section 47(2): amended, on , by section 119(2)(a) of the Conservation Law Reform Act 1990 (1990 No 31).
                    • Section 47(2): amended, on , by section 65(1) of the Conservation Act 1987 (1987 No 65).
                    • Section 47(2)(a): amended, on , by section 65(1) of the Conservation Act 1987 (1987 No 65).
                    • Section 47(2)(b): amended, on , by section 65(1) of the Conservation Act 1987 (1987 No 65).
                    • Section 47(2)(c): amended, on , by section 119(2)(b) of the Conservation Law Reform Act 1990 (1990 No 31).
                    • Section 47(3): replaced, on , by section 119(3) of the Conservation Law Reform Act 1990 (1990 No 31).
                    • Section 47(4): replaced, on , by section 119(4) of the Conservation Law Reform Act 1990 (1990 No 31).
                    • Section 47(5): replaced, on , by section 119(4) of the Conservation Law Reform Act 1990 (1990 No 31).
                    • Section 47(6): inserted, on , by section 119(4) of the Conservation Law Reform Act 1990 (1990 No 31).
                    • Section 47(7): inserted, on , by section 4 of the National Parks Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 4).