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Fast-track Approvals Act 2024

Fast-track approvals process - Panel consideration of substantive application - Decision documents

87: Content of panel decision documents

You could also call this:

“What goes into a panel's decision report”

When a panel makes a decision about an approval in a big application, they need to write a document about it. This document is called a decision document. Here’s what you need to know about these documents:

The decision document must say what the panel decided and why they decided it. It also needs to tell you what the main issues were that people disagreed about, and what the panel thought about those issues.

Sometimes, the decision document might say when an approval will end. This depends on what kind of approval it is.

For some types of approvals, like resource consents or changes to resource consents, the document needs to follow special rules.

If the approval is for a certificate of compliance or a mining permit, there are also specific things that must be included in the document.

All of these rules are there to make sure that when a panel makes a decision, they explain it clearly and include all the important information.

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Part 2 Fast-track approvals process
Panel consideration of substantive application: Decision documents

87Content of panel decision documents

  1. A panel must, for each approval sought in a substantive application, prepare a document (a decision document) for its decision under section 81 on the approval.

  2. A decision document—

  3. must—
    1. state the panel's decision; and
      1. state the panel's reasons for the decision; and
        1. include a statement of the principal issues that were in contention; and
          1. include the main findings of the panel on those issues:
          2. for an approval described in—
            1. section 42(4)(a) or (d) (resource consent or designation), may specify a date on which the approval lapses in accordance with clause 26 of Schedule 5:
              1. section 42(4)(a) or (b) (resource consent or change or cancellation of resource consent condition), must comply with clause 22 of Schedule 5, if applicable:
                1. section 42(4)(c) (certificate of compliance), must comply with clause 28 of Schedule 5:
                  1. section 42(4)(n) (mining permit), must comply with clauses 22 and 23(1) of Schedule 11.

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