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Part 1Management of Hauraki Gulf

9Relationship of Act with Resource Management Act 1991

  1. For the purposes of this section and section 10, the terms district plan, plan, proposed plan, regional plan, regional policy statement, resource consent, and New Zealand coastal policy statement have the same meanings as in the Resource Management Act 1991, and regional council and territorial authority have the same meanings as in the Local Government Act 2002.

  2. A regional council must ensure that any part of a regional policy statement or a regional plan that applies to the Hauraki Gulf, its islands, and its catchments does not conflict with sections 7 and 8.

  3. A territorial authority must ensure that any part of a district plan that applies to the Hauraki Gulf, its islands, and catchments does not conflict with sections 7 and 8.

  4. A consent authority must, when considering an application for a resource consent for the Hauraki Gulf, its islands, and catchments, have regard to sections 7 and 8 in addition to the matters contained in the Resource Management Act 1991.

  5. The provisions of section 55 of the Resource Management Act 1991 apply as though sections 7 and 8 of this Act were a national policy statement, and a regional council or a territorial authority must take action in accordance with that section and notify a change to a regional policy statement, plan, or proposed plan within 5 years of the date of commencement of this Act.

Notes
  • Section 9: replaced, on , by section 6 of the Resource Management (Natural and Built Environment and Spatial Planning Repeal and Interim Fast-track Consenting) Act 2023 (2023 No 68).