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Offshore Renewable Energy Bill

Amendments to other Acts - Amendments to Fast-track Approvals Act 2024

177B: Section 5 amended (Meaning of ineligible activity)

You could also call this:

"Changes to what activities are not allowed under the new offshore renewable energy law"

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The proposed law change affects what is called an ineligible activity. You will see changes to section 5. In this section, new words are added after "section 38(3)". The new words are "or 38C(1)".

Another change replaces a part of section 5. This part is about ORE infrastructure activities, which are defined in section 4 of the Offshore Renewable Energy Act 2024. You can find these activities under the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf (Environmental Effects) Act 2012 or the Resource Management Act 1991, but there is an exception. The exception is if you have a current feasibility permit or commercial permit under the Offshore Renewable Energy Act 2024 for the ORE generation infrastructure activities.

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This page was last updated on 29 June 2025

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177A: Principal Act, or

"Changes to the Fast-track Approvals Act 2024"

177C: Principal Act, or

"Changes to the Fire and Emergency New Zealand Act 2017 law"

Part 5Amendments to other Acts
Amendments to Fast-track Approvals Act 2024

177BSection 5 amended (Meaning of ineligible activity)

In section 5(1)(m), after section 38(3), insert or 38C(1).
Replace section 5(1)(n) with:
an ORE infrastructure activity as defined in section 4 of the Offshore Renewable Energy Act 2024 (whether under the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf (Environmental Effects) Act 2012 or the Resource Management Act 1991) unless the applicant is the holder of a current feasibility permit or commercial permit under the Offshore Renewable Energy Act 2024 in respect of the ORE generation infrastructure activities that comprise all or part of the development.