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Fast-track Approvals Act 2024

Fast-track approvals process - Referral of project to fast-track approvals process - Steps if referral application accepted

27: Minister specifies matters for accepted referral application

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"Minister decides details for a project after accepting an application"

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If the Minister accepts a referral application and refers a project, this section applies to you. The Minister must say who is allowed to lodge a substantive application for the project, which is the person or people who lodged the referral application. The Minister can also specify some rules for the project, such as where it can happen, how long it can last, and what parts of the project are allowed.

The Minister can set a deadline for lodging the substantive application, unless the project involves a land exchange, and can say what information must be submitted with the application. The Minister can also decide who else should be asked for comments on the application, in addition to those already specified in section 53. You might need to know if there are other applications that could compete with yours, or if there are existing resource consents that could affect your project.

If your project needs a resource consent, the Minister can check if there are already any similar consents, as described in section 30(3)(a) or section 42(4)(a). For land exchange projects, the Minister can set a deadline and require specific information, and the Director-General of Conservation must invite comments from certain people and groups, as specified in section 35.

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Referral of project to fast-track approvals process: Steps if referral application accepted

27Minister specifies matters for accepted referral application

  1. This section applies if the Minister accepts a referral application and refers a project.

  2. The Minister must specify the person or persons who lodged the referral application as the person who is, or the persons who are, authorised to lodge a substantive application for the project.

  3. The Minister may specify any or all of the following:

  4. restrictions that apply to the project (for example, on its geographical location, its duration, or the aspects of the project that may be carried out):
    1. in relation to a substantive application for the project,—
      1. a deadline for lodging the application, unless paragraph (c) applies:
        1. information that must be submitted with the application:
          1. the persons or groups from whom a panel must invite comments in addition to those specified in section 53:
            1. whether the substantive application would have any competing applications:
              1. whether, in relation to any proposed approval of the kind described in section 42(4)(a) (resource consent), there are any existing resource consents of the kind referred to in section 30(3)(a):
              2. if the proposed approvals for the project include an approval described in section 42(4)(f) (land exchange),—
                1. a deadline for lodging the land exchange application:
                  1. information that must be submitted with the land exchange application:
                    1. the persons and groups from whom the Director-General of Conservation must invite comments in addition to those specified in section 35.

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