186GAAquaculture decisions must not be made in relation to certain areas

1. The chief executive must not make an aquaculture decision in relation to—

2. an area—
   1. that is or was subject to a lease, licence, marine farming permit, or spat catching permit that was deemed under section 10, 20, or 21 of the Aquaculture Reform (Repeals and Transitional Provisions) Act 2004 to be a coastal permit granted under the Resource Management Act 1991; and
   2. where, since the date on which the lease, licence, marine farming permit, or spat catching permit was deemed to be a coastal permit, aquaculture activities have been continuously authorised under that permit or another permit granted under the Resource Management Act 1991; or
3. an area that is or was subject to the coastal permit referred to in section 20A of the Aquaculture Reform (Repeals and Transitional Provisions) Act 2004 and where, since the date the coastal permit was deemed to be granted, aquaculture activities have been continuously authorised under the permit or another permit granted under the Resource Management Act 1991; or
4. an area that is in a gazetted aquaculture area within the meaning of section 35 of the Aquaculture Reform (Repeals and Transitional Provisions) Act 2004; or
5. an area that is subject to a coastal permit to which section 114(6) of the Resource Management Act 1991 applies.