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Fast-track Approvals Bill

Fast-track approval approvals process for eligible projects - Miscellaneous provisions - Secondary legislation

31A: Order in Council to amend Schedule 3A

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“The Governor-General can add land to a special list, but can't take any off”

The Governor-General can change [Schedule 3A] by making an Order in Council. This can only happen if the Minister of Conservation suggests it.

Before suggesting any changes, the Minister of Conservation needs to talk to people who might be affected by the change. They also need to talk to people who represent the public’s interests. The Minister should try to talk to as many of these people as they can, considering the situation.

It’s important to know that the Order in Council can’t remove any land from [Schedule 3A]. This means that once land is included in the schedule, it must stay there.

When an Order in Council is made to change [Schedule 3A], it becomes a type of law called secondary legislation. This means it needs to follow certain rules about how it’s published and made available to the public.

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Miscellaneous provisions: Secondary legislation

31AOrder in Council to amend Schedule 3A

  1. The Governor-General may, by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the Minister of Conservation, amend Schedule 3A .

  2. Before making a recommendation, the Minister of Conservation must consult to the extent that is reasonably practicable, having regard to all the circumstances of the particular case, those persons the Minister has reason to believe are representative of interests likely to be substantially affected by the Order in Council or representative of some aspect of the public interest.

  3. No Order in Council may be made under this section that results in land within a category of land described in Schedule 3A being excluded from that schedule.

  4. An Order in Council made under this section is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).