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Planning Bill

2: Commencement

You could also call this:

"When the Planning Bill becomes a law"

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This Act will come into force when it gets Royal assent. You need to know that some parts will come into force later. Part 1 of Schedule 11 will come into force one month after Royal assent. The rest of the parts will come into force on a specified transition date. You can find the meaning of specified transition date in clause 4(5) of Schedule 1. These parts include things like duties and restrictions, planning consents, and key roles. Some other parts will also come into force on the specified transition date. These include sections about system performance, enforcement, and emergency works. There are also parts about miscellaneous things, legal effect of rules in plans, and designations. The Planning Tribunal and amendments to legislation are also included. You can find all these parts in the different sections and schedules of the Act. The specified transition date will be used to determine when these parts come into force.

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2Commencement

  1. This Act comes into force on Royal assent except for—

  2. Part 1 of Schedule 11 (amendments to the Resource Management Act 1991) which come into force 1 month after Royal assent; and
    1. the following provisions, which come into force on the specified transition date:
      1. subpart 2 of Part 2 (duties and restrictions):
        1. Part 4 (planning consents):
          1. sections 182(c), 184, 185, and 187 (key roles):
            1. section 190 (provision of information to post settlement governance entity):
              1. sections 210, 212, and 213 (system performance):
                1. subpart 1 of Part 6 (enforcement):
                  1. sections 275 to 278 (emergency works):
                    1. sections 289 and 291 (miscellaneous):
                      1. Part 3 of Schedule 3 (legal effect of rules in plans):
                        1. Schedules 5 to 9 (designations, information for consent applications, subdivisions and reclamation, enforcement matters, Environment Court):
                          1. clauses 14 to 24 of Schedule 10: (Planning Tribunal):
                            1. Parts 3 and 4 of Schedule 11 (amendments to legislation).

                            2. In this section, specified transition date, has the meaning given in clause 4(5) of Schedule 1.