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Planning Bill

Combined plan - Requirement for regional spatial plans

66: Special provision for certain areas

You could also call this:

"Some areas don't need a regional spatial plan, like the Chatham Islands."

You will not need a regional spatial plan for the Chatham Islands Territory. The Chatham Islands Territory is the area set up by section 5 of the Chatham Islands Council Act 1995. You also do not need a regional spatial plan for some offshore islands that the Minister of Conservation looks after. This rule applies even if other parts of the Act say something different.

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65: Geographical boundaries of regional spatial plan, or

"Where a regional spatial plan applies in an area"

67: Purpose of regional spatial plans, or

"What regional spatial plans are meant to achieve"

Part 3Combined plan
Requirement for regional spatial plans

66Special provision for certain areas

The Chatham Islands Territory is not required to have a regional spatial plan.
In subsection (1), Chatham Islands Territory means the district constituted by section 5 of the Chatham Islands Council Act 1995.
A regional spatial plan must not apply to an offshore island that is administered by the Minister of Conservation acting as a local authority.
This section applies despite any other provision of this Act.