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119: Amendment to Resource Management (Natural and Built Environment and Spatial Planning Repeal and Interim Fast-track Consenting) Act 2023

Part 1:
Preliminary provisions

3Purpose 4Interpretation 5Meaning of ineligible activity 6Transitional, savings, and related provisions 7Obligation relating to Treaty settlements and recognised customary rights 8Te Ture Whaimana 9Act binds the Crown 10Procedural principles

Part 2:
Fast-track approvals process

Referral of project to fast-track approvals process

Minister may determine that certain activities are not ineligible when making referral decision

23Minister may determine that linear infrastructure on certain identified Māori land is not ineligible activity 24Minister may determine that electricity infrastructure on certain Schedule 4 land or in national reserve is not ineligible activity

Timing of decision to decline referral application

25Timing of decision to decline referral application

Steps if referral application accepted

26Referral of project if referral application accepted 27Minister specifies matters for accepted referral application 28Notice of Minister's decision on referral application

Steps before lodging substantive application

Preliminary step for listed project

29Pre-lodgement requirements for listed project

Preliminary steps for application for resource consent

30Identification of existing resource consent for same activity 31Pre-request aquaculture agreement

Preliminary steps for application for land exchange

32Sections 33 to 36 apply to land exchange 33Land exchange application lodged with Director-General of Conservation 34Director-General of Conservation decides whether application is complete and within scope 35Director-General of Conservation’s report on land exchange 36Withdrawal of land exchange application

Preliminary step for application for mining permit

37Mining permit information may be lodged with relevant chief executive

Ministerial powers

38Minister may determine that project is priority 39Minister may make determination under section 23 or 24

Panel consideration of substantive application

40Process under this Act applies instead of process under specified Act 41Application of panel process to land exchange

Substantive application

42Authorised person may lodge substantive application for approvals 43Requirements for substantive application 44Information must be specified in sufficient detail 45Withdrawal of substantive application

Steps by EPA after substantive application lodged

46EPA decides whether substantive application is complete and within scope 47EPA makes recommendation on whether there are competing applications or existing resource consents for same activity 48EPA requests recommendation in relation to aquaculture activities 49EPA obtains section 18 report for listed project

Steps by panel convener after receiving substantive application from EPA

50Panel convener sets up panel 51Panel convener obtains other advice and reports 52Panel convener provides information to panel

Opportunity for comment on substantive application

53Panel invites comments on substantive application 54General provisions relating to invitations given under section 53 55Response to comments provided under section 53

Hearing of panel

56Hearing not required 57Procedure if hearing is held 58Other provisions about conduct of hearing 59Remote access hearing

Suspension of processing substantive application

60When processing of substantive application may be suspended 61EPA may direct suspension in processing substantive application 62Minister may direct suspension in processing substantive application 63Resumption in processing substantive application following suspension under section 62 64Applicant may request suspension of processing substantive application 65Resumption in processing of substantive application following suspension under section 64 66Return of substantive application

Further information, etc

67Panel may request further information or report 68Panel may request or commission advice on concession, land exchange, or access arrangement

Draft decisions on approvals

69Panel provides draft decisions to applicant before declining approval 70Panel seeks comment on draft conditions before granting approval 71Panel provides draft conditions relating to aquaculture activities for recommendation 72Panel seeks comments from Minister for Māori Crown Relations: Te Arawhiti and Minister for Māori Development

Role of appropriate Minister in relation to concessions, land exchanges, and access arrangements

73Sections 74 to 78 apply to concession, land exchange, and access arrangement 74Appropriate Minister may call in decision 75Panel may transfer decision to appropriate Minister 76Process if decision is called in by, or transferred to, appropriate Minister 77Panel informs appropriate Minister of proposed decision 78Appropriate Minister may specify standard conditions

Panel decisions

79Timing of panel decisions 80Aquaculture decision required for certain coastal permits 81Decisions on approvals sought in substantive application 82Effect of Treaty settlements and other obligations on decision making 83Conditions must be no more onerous than necessary 84Conditions relating to Treaty settlements and recognised customary rights 85When panel must or may decline approvals 86Decision on land exchange is conditional

Decision documents

87Content of panel decision documents 88Issue, service, and publication of decision documents 89Minor corrections

EPA powers and duties relating to substantive application

90EPA may request information from relevant administering agencies and local authorities 91Information held by relevant administering agencies and local authorities that is sensitive to iwi or hapū 92EPA powers to make certain decisions 93EPA must publish notices and other documents

Other provisions relating to approvals

94Use of specified Act to apply for approval 95Exercise of existing approval under specified Act while applying for approval under this Act 96Status of approval when granted 97Commencement of approval 98Disapplication of matters if approval is for electricity infrastructure on certain Schedule 4 land or in national reserve

Miscellaneous provisions

Appeals and judicial review

99Appeal against decisions only on question of law 100Procedural matters 101Judicial review 102Right of appeal, review, or reconsideration under specified Act

Cost recovery

103Interpretation 104Cost recovery 105Delegation of cost-recovery function by Minister 106Methods of cost recovery 107Liability to pay costs constitutes debt due 108Regulations may set fees, charges, and contributions 109Regulations may impose levies 110Contribution to costs of relevant third parties 111Land exchange cost recovery by third parties 112Liability for costs if application lodged, or to be lodged, by more than 1 person

Service of documents

113Service of documents 114Notices in relation to Māori land

Provisions relating to particular approvals

115Schedules 5 to 12 have effect

Secondary legislation

116Regulations 117Order in Council to amend authorised person in Schedule 2 118Order in Council to amend Schedule 4

Amendments

119Amendment to Resource Management (Natural and Built Environment and Spatial Planning Repeal and Interim Fast-track Consenting) Act 2023 120Schedule 1 amended 121Amendments to other legislation

Schedule 1:
Transitional, savings, and related provisions

Schedule 4:
Land on which non-mining activities are ineligible

Schedule 5:
Approvals relating to Resource Management Act 1991

Schedule 6:
Approvals relating to Conservation Act 1987, Reserves Act 1977, Wildlife Act 1953, and National Parks Act 1980

Schedule 7:
Approvals relating to Wildlife Act 1953

Schedule 8:
Approvals relating to Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Act 2014

Schedule 9:
Approvals relating to complex freshwater fisheries activities

Schedule 10:
Approvals relating to Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf (Environmental Effects) Act 2012

Schedule 11:
Approvals relating to Crown Minerals Act 1991

Schedule 12:
Modifications to process under Public Works Act 1981 to take or deal with land

Schedule 13:
Amendments to other legislation

Fast-track Approvals Act 2024

Fast-track approvals process - Miscellaneous provisions - Amendments

119: Amendment to Resource Management (Natural and Built Environment and Spatial Planning Repeal and Interim Fast-track Consenting) Act 2023

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"Changes to a law about fast-track approvals for building and land use"

The law says that Section 120 changes another law. This other law is called the Resource Management (Natural and Built Environment and Spatial Planning Repeal and Interim Fast-track Consenting) Act 2023. This means that Section 120 makes some updates or changes to this long-named law. When laws are changed like this, it's called an amendment. This amendment helps keep the law up to date with new rules or fixes.

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This page was last updated on 20 March 2025

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118: Order in Council to amend Schedule 4, or

"The Minister can suggest changes to Schedule 4, but only the Governor-General can make them official"

120: Schedule 1 amended, or

"Parts of Schedule 1 are being taken out of the law"

Part 2Fast-track approvals process
Miscellaneous provisions: Amendments

119Amendment to Resource Management (Natural and Built Environment and Spatial Planning Repeal and Interim Fast-track Consenting) Act 2023

Section 120 amends the Resource Management (Natural and Built Environment and Spatial Planning Repeal and Interim Fast-track Consenting) Act 2023.

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