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Natural resource permits - Applying for natural resource permit - General requirements

129: Prior consultation not required

You could also call this:

"You don't always need to talk to others about your permit application."

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If you apply for a natural resource permit, you and the permit authority do not have to consult with anyone about your application under this proposed law. You and the permit authority must still follow any other laws that say you have to consult with people about your application. You and the permit authority can also choose to consult with anyone you want to about your application.

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128: Natural resource permit may include wildlife approval, or

"A permit to use natural resources can also allow you to interact with wildlife."

130: Applying for natural resource permit, or

"How to apply for a permit to use natural resources"

Part 4Natural resource permits
Applying for natural resource permit: General requirements

129Prior consultation not required

The following applies to an applicant for a natural resource permit and the permit authority:
neither has a duty under this Act to consult any person about the application; and
each must comply with a duty under any other enactment to consult any person about the application; and
each may consult any person about the application.