53Panel invites comments on substantive application

1. A panel must direct the EPA to, in accordance with this section, invite written comments on a substantive application not later than 10 working days after the panel is set up.

2. Comments must be invited from—

3. the relevant local authorities; and
4. any relevant iwi authorities; and
5. any relevant Treaty settlement entities, including, to avoid doubt,—
   1. an entity that has an interest under a Treaty settlement within the area to which the substantive application relates; and
   2. an entity operating in a collective arrangement, provided for under a Treaty settlement, that relates to that area; and
6. any protected customary rights groups and customary marine title groups whose protected customary rights area or customary marine title is within the area to which the substantive application relates; and
7. any applicant group under the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011 that is identified in the report prepared under section 18 or 49 and seeks recognition of customary marine title or protected customary rights within the area to which the substantive application relates; and
8. ngā hapū o Ngāti Porou if the area to which the substantive application relates is within or adjacent to, or the activities to which it relates would directly affect, ngā rohe moana o ngā hapū o Ngāti Porou; and
9. the tangata whenua of any area within the area to which the substantive application relates that is a taiāpure-local fishery, a mātaitai reserve, or an area that is subject to bylaws or regulations made under Part 9 of the Fisheries Act 1996; and
10. the owners of the land to which the substantive application relates and the land adjacent to that land; and
11. the occupiers of the land to which the substantive application relates and the land adjacent to that land unless, after reasonable inquiry, an occupier cannot be identified; and
12. the Minister for the Environment and other relevant portfolio Ministers; and
13. relevant administering agencies; and
14. any requiring authority that has a designation on land to which the substantive application relates or on land adjacent to that land; and
15. if the approvals sought in the substantive application include—
    1. an approval described in section 42(4)(a) or (d) (resource consent or designation), the persons and groups listed in clause 13 of Schedule 5:
    2. an approval described in section 42(4)(e) (concession), the persons listed in clause 5 of Schedule 6:
    3. an approval described in section 42(4)(g) (conservation covenant), the persons listed in clause 44 of Schedule 6:
    4. an approval described in section 42(4)(h) (wildlife approval), the persons listed in clause 4 of Schedule 7:
    5. an approval described in section 42(4)(k) (marine consent), the persons listed in clause 5 of Schedule 10:
    6. an approval described in section 42(4)(l) or (m) (access arrangement), the persons listed in clause 5 of Schedule 11:
    7. an approval described in section 42(4)(n) (mining permit), the person listed in clause 18 of Schedule 11; and
16. any persons or groups specified by the Minister under section 27(3)(b)(iii).

17. Comments may be invited from any other person the panel considers appropriate.