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Schedule 11: Amendments to other legislation

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"Changes to Other Laws in the Planning Bill"

The Planning Bill is a proposed law that will change some other laws. You will see changes to the Resource Management Act, or RMA for short. These changes will start one month after the bill is agreed to. Some parts of the RMA will be changed, like sections 2, 9, and 11. You will also see new sections added, like section 18B. Other laws will be changed too, like the Local Government Act. The changes to these laws will happen at different times. Some will start after a certain date, and others will start after a transition period. You can look at the bill to see when each change will happen.

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Topics:

Environment and resources > ConservationEnvironment and resources > Town planningGovernment and voting > Local councils

Schedule 10: Planning Tribunal, or

"A special court that makes decisions about planning and the environment."

Schedule 12: Statutory acknowledgements, or

"Acknowledging Māori claims in New Zealand law"

11Amendments to other legislation Empowered by s 294

Amendments to RMA commencing 1 month after Royal assent

Section 2
Section 9
Section 11
Section 12
Section 13
Section 14
Section 15
Section 17
New section 18B
Section 32
New section 43AA
Section 43B
Section 43C
Section 43D
Section 43E
Section 58JA
Section 79
Subpart 5B heading in Part 5
Section 80O
Section 80P
Section 95A
Section 104
Sections 108A and 109
Section 168A
Section 171
Section 332
Section 334
Section 335
Section 338
Section 339
Section 342A

Amendments to RMA relating to Planning Tribunal commencing on appointed date (see Schedule 1 clause 34(1))

Section 2
Section 357
Section 357A

Amendments to Local Government (Auckland Council) Act 2009 commencing at end of transition period

Section 45
Section 47
Section 48

Other Acts and further legislation amended (commencing on specified transition date (s2(1)(b)(vi))

Conservation Act 1987 (1987 No 65)
Crown Minerals Act 1991 (1991 No 70)
Crown Organisations (Criminal Liability) Act 2002 (2002 No 37)
Environment Act 1986 (1986 No 127)
Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf (Environmental Effects) Act 2012 (2012 No 72)
Fast-track Approvals Act 2024 (2024 No 56)
Land Transport Management Act 2003 (2003 No 118)
Local Government Act 2002 (2002 No 84)
Local Government (Water Services) Act 2025 (2025 No 42)
Reserves Act 1977 (1977 No 66)
Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Act 1941 (1941 No 12)
Water Services Act 2021 (2021 No 36)
Resource Management (Infringement Offences) Regulations 1999