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Fast-track Approvals Act 2024

Fast-track approvals process - Other provisions relating to approvals

98: Disapplication of matters if approval is for electricity infrastructure on certain Schedule 4 land or in national reserve

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“Special rules for electricity projects in protected areas”

This law talks about when some rules don’t apply for electricity projects in special places. If you get approval for an electricity project in certain protected areas, some usual rules won’t count.

If your project is in a national park, the normal rules about what you can and can’t do there might not apply. This means you might be allowed to do things that are usually not allowed in national parks.

There are also two specific areas called Otahu and Parakawai. In these places, some of the usual rules about cutting down trees, removing plants or animals, or digging up the ground might not apply if your project has been approved.

Remember, this only happens if your electricity project has been given special permission under this law. It doesn’t mean anyone can do these things in these protected areas without approval.

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Other provisions relating to approvals

98Disapplication of matters if approval is for electricity infrastructure on certain Schedule 4 land or in national reserve

  1. This section applies to an approval granted under this Act in relation to an activity for which a determination was made under section 24.

  2. Section 5 of the National Parks Act 1980 does not apply to the extent that the approval authorises, permits, or requires any activity referred to in section 5(1) or (2) of that Act in a national park.

  3. Nothing in paragraph 2 of the notes to either schedule of the Otahu Dedicated Area Notice 1976 (Gazette 1976, p 654) applies to the extent that the approval authorises, permits, or requires the felling or removal of timber, native plants or wildlife, or disturbance of the soil in the area to which that notice applies.

  4. Nothing in paragraph 2 of the notes to the Parakawai Geological Area Notice 1980 (Gazette 1980, p 2408) applies to the extent that the approval authorises, permits, or requires the felling or removal of timber, forest produce, native plants, or disturbance of the soil in the area to which that notice applies.