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Offshore Renewable Energy Bill

Amendments to other Acts - Amendments to Resource Management Act 1991

179: New sections 88AA and 88AB inserted

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"Rules for offshore energy permits and resource consents"

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If you want to do certain activities related to offshore renewable energy, you will need to apply for a resource consent. You must hold a permit under the Offshore Renewable Energy Act 2024 to do these activities. This permit is like a special ticket that says you can do these activities in a certain area.

You need to give details of your permit when you apply for a resource consent. If you do not give these details, the person looking at your application can say it is incomplete. You can find more information about this in sections 12 and 144 of the Offshore Renewable Energy Act 2024.

If your permit expires or is taken away, your resource consent will be cancelled. This means you will not be able to do the activities you wanted to do. This happens automatically when your permit is no longer valid.

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Part 5Amendments to other Acts
Amendments to Resource Management Act 1991

179New sections 88AA and 88AB inserted

  1. After section 88, insert:

    88AAApplicants for resource consents related to ORE generation infrastructure activities must hold permit under Offshore Renewable Energy Act 2024

    1. This section applies to an applicant for a resource consent for any ORE generation infrastructure activities (excluding decommissioning activities) within the meaning of the Offshore Renewable Energy Act 2024.

    2. The applicant must be the permit holder of a current feasibility permit or commercial permit Act granted under the Offshore Renewable Energy Act 2024 that applies to the area to which the consent applies, and the details of the feasibility or commercial permit must be provided in the application.

    3. A consent authority may, at any time, determine that the application is incomplete if the applicant does not comply with subsection (2).

      Guidance note

      See also sections 12 and 144 of the Offshore Renewable Energy Act 2024, which prohibit a person from giving effect to a resource consent by undertaking ORE generation infrastructure activities unless the person is a holder of a commercial permit under that Act.

    88ABResource consents related to ORE generation infrastructure activities cancelled if commercial permit under Offshore Renewable Energy Act 2024 expires or is revoked or surrendered in full

    1. This section applies to a resource consent for any ORE generation infrastructure activities (excluding decommissioning activities) within the meaning of the Offshore Renewable Energy Act 2024.

    2. The consent is automatically cancelled if and when the holder of the consent ceases to be the permit holder of a current commercial permit granted under the Offshore Renewable Energy Act 2024 that relates to the area subject to the consent by reason of the expiry or revocation or surrender in full of the commercial permit.