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Fast-track Approvals Act 2024

Fast-track approvals process - Miscellaneous provisions - Secondary legislation

118: Order in Council to amend Schedule 4

You could also call this:

“The Minister can suggest changes to Schedule 4, but only the Governor-General can make them official”

The Governor-General can change Schedule 4 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 their best to do this, considering the situation.

The Order in Council can’t remove any land from Schedule 4 if it’s already in a category described in that schedule.

When an Order in Council is made to change Schedule 4, it becomes a type of law called secondary legislation. You can find out how this type of law is published by looking at Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

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Part 2 Fast-track approvals process
Miscellaneous provisions: Secondary legislation

118Order in Council to amend Schedule 4

  1. The Governor-General may, by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the Minister of Conservation, amend Schedule 4.

  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 4 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).

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