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Fast-track Approvals Act 2024

Fast-track approvals process - Panel consideration of substantive application - Steps by panel convener after receiving substantive application from EPA

51: Panel convener obtains other advice and reports

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"The panel convener gets extra advice and reports to help make decisions on your application."

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When you apply for something under the Fast-track Approvals Act 2024, the panel convener gets other advice and reports. The panel convener tells the EPA to get advice from other agencies that will help the panel make decisions. The EPA also gets reports about things like concessions on Crown land, conservation covenants, and wildlife approvals. The reports are prepared by different people, like the Director-General of Conservation, depending on what you are applying for. You can find more information about these reports in sections like section 42(4)(e), section 42(4)(g), and section 42(4)(h). These reports might include advice on certain matters, like things related to section 82, 83, or 84. The EPA gets these reports and advice within a certain time frame, usually 10 working days. The EPA then sends electronic copies of the reports and advice to the panel, you, and other people who commented on your application. However, the EPA might withhold some information if they think they should, under the Official Information Act 1982. People who get these reports and advice can't make further comments unless the panel asks them to.

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Panel consideration of substantive application: Steps by panel convener after receiving substantive application from EPA

51Panel convener obtains other advice and reports

  1. After receiving a substantive application from the EPA, the panel convener must direct the EPA to obtain—

  2. any advice from the relevant administering agencies that the panel convener considers will be necessary for the panel to consider, and make decisions on, the approvals sought in the application; and
    1. any reports referred to in subsection (2).

      1. The reports are as follows:

      2. if the substantive application seeks an approval described in section 42(4)(e) (concession) on land that is vested in the Crown, a report prepared by the Director-General of Conservation in accordance with clause 4 of Schedule 6:
        1. if the substantive application seeks an approval described in section 42(4)(g) (conservation covenant), a report prepared by the Director-General of Conservation in accordance with clause 43 of Schedule 6:
          1. if the substantive application seeks an approval described in section 42(4)(h) (wildlife approval), a report prepared by the Director-General of Conservation in accordance with clause 3 of Schedule 7:
            1. if the substantive application seeks an approval described in section 42(4)(i) (archaeological authority), reports prepared by Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga and the Māori Heritage Council in accordance with clause 3 of Schedule 8:
              1. if the substantive application seeks an approval described in section 42(4)(j) (complex freshwater fisheries activity approval), a report prepared by the Director-General of Conservation in accordance with clause 4 of Schedule 9:
                1. if the substantive application seeks an approval described in section 42(4)(l) or (m) (access arrangement), a report prepared in accordance with clause 4 of Schedule 11 by the chief executives of the 1 or more departments that administer the land to which the approval relates:
                  1. if the substantive application seeks an approval described in section 42(4)(n) (mining permit), a report prepared by the relevant chief executive in accordance with clause 17 of Schedule 11.

                    1. A report may, in relation to the relevant approval, include advice on—

                    2. matters relevant to section 82, 83, or 84; and
                      1. whether any of the activities that would be authorised by the approval are ineligible activities.

                        1. Advice or a report requested under subsection (1) must be provided to the EPA—

                        2. within 10 working days after the panel invites comments under section 53; or
                          1. in the case of a report referred to in subsection (2)(g), within a longer time frame set by the panel convener.

                            1. The EPA—

                            2. must provide electronic copies of the advice or report to—
                              1. the panel; and
                                1. the applicant; and
                                  1. every person or group that provides comments under section 35 or 53; and
                                  2. in complying with paragraph (a)(ii) and (iii), may withhold information if the EPA is satisfied that there would be good reason to withhold the information under the Official Information Act 1982 if the information were requested under that Act.

                                    1. The persons and groups that receive advice or a report under subsection (5)(a)(iii) may not make any further comments unless requested by the panel.