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Planning Bill

Foundations - National instruments - National policy direction

55: Content of national policy direction

You could also call this:

"What a national policy direction must include"

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The proposed law says you will get a national policy direction. This direction must tell you about important policy matters. It can also state goals or rules that apply to certain plans. The national policy direction can tell you what a plan must achieve. It can also say what can or cannot be included in a plan. You will have to consider certain things when making plans. The direction can explain how it must be carried out.

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Part 2Foundations
National instruments: National policy direction

55Content of national policy direction

  1. National policy direction—

  2. must give direction on matters of policy; and
    1. may state objectives, policies, or directives that apply to key instruments specified in the direction.

      1. National policy direction may—

      2. direct the outcomes that a plan must achieve or provide for:
        1. direct the content of plans, including by constraining or limiting plan content:
          1. state matters that territorial authorities or spatial planning committees must consider in preparing plans.

            1. National policy direction may provide for how the direction must or may be implemented.