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16: New Zealand
95A: Refusal to issue code compliance certificate
99A: Refusal of application for certificate of acceptance
104A: Territorial authority must issue statement in relation to compliance schedule
CW 8: Money lent to government of New Zealand
CW 39: Local authorities
CW 40: Local and regional promotion bodies
2: Commencement
3: Purpose
4: Treaty of Waitangi
6: Meaning of council-controlled organisation and council organisation
7: Exempted organisations
8: Act binds the Crown
9: Outline of Part
10: Purpose of local government
11: Role of local authority
12: Status and powers
13: Performance of functions under other enactments
14: Principles relating to local authorities
15: Triennial agreements
16: Significant new activities proposed by regional council
17: Transfer of responsibilities
18: Responsibilities, powers, and duties of Minister
19: Secretary
20: Outline of Part
21: Local authorities
22: Minister is territorial authority in certain cases
23: Description of local government
24: Scope of local government reorganisation
25: Order in Council to give effect to reorganisation plan
26: Power to amend reorganisation plans and reorganisation implementation schemes
27: Application to be called city council or district council
28: Local Government Commission
29: Commission is body corporate with full powers
30: Functions and powers of Commission
31: Report to Minister on matters relating to local government
32: Review of operation of Act and Local Electoral Act 2001
33: Membership of Commission
34: Additional powers of Commission
35: Evidence before Commission
36: Further provisions relating to Commission and its proceedings
37: Appeals against decisions of Commission
38: Outline of Part
39: Governance principles
40: Local governance statements
41: Governing bodies
42: Chief executive
43: Certain members indemnified
44: Report by Auditor-General on loss incurred by local authority
45: Local authority to respond to Auditor-General
46: Members of local authority liable for loss
47: Members may be required to pay costs of proceeding in certain cases
48: Further provisions of Schedule 7
49: Establishment of community boards
50: Membership of community boards
51: Status of community boards
52: Role of community boards
53: Powers of community boards
54: Application of other provisions to community boards
55: Outline of Part
56: Consultation required before council-controlled organisation established
57: Appointment of directors
58: Role of directors of council-controlled organisations
59: Principal objective of council-controlled organisation
60: Decisions relating to operation of council-controlled organisations
61: Activities undertaken on behalf of local authorities
62: Prohibition on guarantees, etc
63: Restriction on lending to council-controlled trading organisation
64: Statements of intent for council-controlled organisations
65: Performance monitoring
66: Half-yearly or quarterly reports
67: Annual report
68: Content of reports on operations of council-controlled organisations
69: Financial statements and auditor's report
70: Auditor-General is auditor of council-controlled organisations
71: Protection from disclosure of sensitive information
71A: Application of Part to listed companies
72: Application of Act to related companies
73: Transfer of undertakings to council-controlled organisations
74: Official information
75: Outline of Part
76: Decision-making
77: Requirements in relation to decisions
78: Community views in relation to decisions
79: Compliance with procedures in relation to decisions
80: Identification of inconsistent decisions
81: Contributions to decision-making processes by Māori
82: Principles of consultation
83: Special consultative procedure
83A: Combined or concurrent consultation
84: Special consultative procedure in relation to long-term plan
85: Use of special consultative procedure in relation to annual plan
86: Use of special consultative procedure in relation to making, amending, or revoking bylaws
87: Other use of special consultative procedure
88: Use of special consultative procedure in relation to change of mode of delivery of significant activity
89: Summary of information
90: Policy on significance
91: Process for identifying community outcomes
92: Obligation to report against community outcomes
93: Long-term plan
94: Audit of long-term plan
95: Annual plan
96: Effect of resolution adopting long-term plan or annual plan
97: Certain decisions to be taken only if provided for in long-term plan
98: Annual report
99: Audit of information in annual report and summary
100: Balanced budget requirement
101: Financial management
102: Funding and financial policies
103: Revenue and financing policy
104: Liability management policy
105: Investment policy
106: Policy on development contributions or financial contributions
107: Policy on partnerships with private sector
108: Policy on remission and postponement of rates on Māori freehold land
109: Rates remission policy
110: Rates postponement policy
111: Information to be prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice
112: Interpretation
113: Prohibition on borrowing in foreign currency
115: Rates as security
116: Register of charges maintained by local authority
117: Protected transactions
118: Certificate of compliance
119: Good faith in relation to protected transactions
120: Saving provision in respect of power of court
121: The Crown not liable for debts
122: Disclosure document and loan documents to contain statement that the Crown does not guarantee financial products or loan
123: Outline of Part
124: Interpretation
125: Requirement to assess drinking water services
126: Requirements following assessment of community drinking water service
127: Information required in assessment of sanitary services
128: Process for making assessments
129: Extent of information in assessments
130: Obligation to maintain water services
131: Power to close down or transfer small water services
132: Eligibility to vote in referendum
133: Responsibility for conduct of referendum
134: Criteria for closure of water service
135: Criteria for transfer of water service
136: Contracts relating to provision of water services
137: Joint local government arrangements and joint arrangements with other entities
138: Restriction on disposal of parks (by sale or otherwise)
139: Protection of regional parks
139A: Further provision in relation to regional parks
140: Restrictions on disposal of endowment property
141: Conditions applying to sale or exchange of endowment property
142: Obligation to provide free membership of libraries
143: Outline of Part
144: Bylaws Act 1910
145: General bylaw-making power for territorial authorities
146: Specific bylaw-making powers of territorial authorities
147: Power to make bylaws for alcohol control purposes
148: Special requirements for bylaws relating to trade wastes
149: Power of regional councils to make bylaws
150: Fees may be prescribed by bylaw
151: General provisions applying to bylaws made under this Act
152: Effect of Building Act 2004 on bylaws
153: The Crown bound by certain bylaws
154: Power of exemption
155: Determination whether bylaw made under this Act is appropriate
156: Consultation requirements when making, amending, or revoking bylaws made under this Act
157: Public notice of bylaws and availability of copies
158: Review of bylaws made under this Act or the Local Government Act 1974
159: Further reviews of bylaws every 10 years
160: Procedure for and nature of review
160A: Bylaw not reviewed within specified time frame revoked
161: Transfer of bylaw-making power
162: Injunctions restraining commission of offences and breaches of bylaws
163: Removal of works in breach of bylaws
164: Seizure of property not on private land
165: Seizure of property from private land
166: Conditions for exercise of warrant to seize property on private land
167: Return of property seized and impounded
168: Power to dispose of property seized and impounded
169: Powers of arrest, search, and seizure in relation to alcohol bans
170: Conditions relating to power of search
171: General power of entry
172: Power of entry for enforcement purposes
173: Power of entry in cases of emergency
174: Authority to act
175: Power to recover for damage by wilful or negligent behaviour
176: Costs of remedying damage arising from breach of bylaw
177: Appointment of enforcement officer
178: Enforcement officers may require certain information
179: Contracting out administration of enforcement
180: Enforcement and administration of regional council bylaws
181: Construction of works on private land
182: Power of entry to check utility services
183: Removal of fire hazards
184: Rights and obligations if notice given under section 183(1)
185: Occupier may act if owner of premises makes default
186: Local authority may execute works if owner or occupier defaults
187: Recovery of cost of works by local authority
188: Liability for payments in respect of private land
189: Power to acquire land
190: Compensation payable by local authority for land taken or injuriously affected
191: Local authority not authorised to create nuisance
192: Wastage of water
193: Power to restrict water supply
194: Power to stop water services
195: Discharge of sewage
196: Discharge of trade wastes
197: Interpretation
198: Power to require contributions for developments
199: Basis on which development contributions may be required
200: Limitations applying to requirement for development contribution
201: Contents of development contributions policy
202: Contents of section 201 schedule
203: Maximum development contributions not to be exceeded
204: Use of development contributions by territorial authority
205: Use of development contributions for reserves
206: Alternative uses of development contributions for reserves
207: Power to use money collected and held under Local Government Act 1974 or Resource Management Act 1991
208: Powers of territorial authority if development contributions not paid or made
209: Refund of money and return of land if development does not proceed
210: Refund of money or return of land if not applied to specified reserve purposes
211: Application of other Acts
212: Interpretation
213: Application of District Court Rules to removal orders
214: Scope of rules made under section 213
215: Application for removal order
216: Circumstances when court may make removal order
217: Right of objection
218: Consideration of objections
220: Compliance with removal order
221: Limits to power of entry to enforce compliance
222: Provisions of Resource Management Act 1991 and Building Act 2004 continue to apply
223: Relationship with Fencing Act 1978
224: Offence relating to water wastage
225: Offences relating to waterworks
226: Liability for cost of damage
227: Offences relating to water meters
228: Offences relating to water races
229: Obstruction of enforcement officers or agents of local authority
230: Offences by occupiers
231: Offences in relation to notices sent to occupiers or owners
232: Damage to local authority works or property
233: Offence relating to advertising
234: Unauthorised use of coat of arms
235: Offences by members of local authorities and local boards
236: Penalty for acting without warrant
237: Offence by member or officer of Remuneration Authority
238: Offence of failing to comply with Act
239: Offences in respect of breaches of bylaws (other than alcohol bans)
240: Defence to offences under this Act
241: Time for filing charging document
242: Penalties for offences
243: Interpretation
244: Proceedings for infringement offences
245: Issue of infringement notices
246: Entitlement to infringement fees
248: Judges not disqualified for being ratepayers
249: Representation of local authority in proceedings
250: Service of legal proceedings on local authority
251: Evidence of ownership, vesting, or control
252: Recovery of debts
253: Outline of Part
254: How this Part works
255: Application of this Part
256: Interpretation
259: Regulations
260: Amendment of Schedule 2 by Order in Council
261: Circumstances when Order in Council may extend time or validate action taken
262: Consequential amendments
263: Water services
266: Repeals
267: Repeal of enactments relating to special consultative procedure
268: Repeal of Local Government (Prohibition of Liquor in Public Places) Amendment Act 2001
269: Repeal of spent local Acts
270: Repeal of provisions relating to regional parks of Wellington Regional Council
271: Lake Taupo Regulations 1976
273: First triennial agreement
274: First local governance statement
275: First policy on appointment of directors
276: First statement of intent and report and accounts of existing local authority trading enterprises
277: First statement of intent of other council-controlled organisations
278: First policy on significance
279: Long-term council community plan
280: Long-term plan for period beginning on 1 July 2006
281: Annual plan
282: Certain decisions to be taken only if provided for in annual plan or special consultative procedure used
283: Annual reports
284: First annual plan
285: First assessment of water and sanitary services
286: Waste management plan
287: Special consultative procedure
288: Decision-making processes commenced before enactment
289: Special orders
289A: Special orders on or after 1 July 2003
290: Development contributions
291: Reorganisation proposals
293: Bylaws
295: Communities and community boards
296: Chief executive
297: Members of Commission
298: Community trusts
299: Borrowing from sinking fund
300: Cancellation of part of loan in respect of which sinking fund is held
301: Consent required for release of sinking fund
302: Provisions relating to Public Trust and Board of Trustees of National Provident Fund
303: Public Bodies Leases Act 1969
304: Sale of land purchased for commercial or industrial purposes
305: Local Authorities (Employment Protection) Act 1963
306: Local Authorities Loans Act 1956
308: Existing causes of action
310: Saving in respect of bylaws of Transit New Zealand
311: Savings in respect of bylaws made in respect of government roads
312: Savings and validation in respect of remuneration, allowances, and expenses of elected members
313: Saving in respect of Infrastructure Auckland
314: Prohibition of vehicles and consumption or possession of intoxicating liquor in public place
6: Registration of fencing covenants to expire after 12 years
9A: Contributions where Building Act 2004 requires pool to have means of restricting access
1: Short Title and commencement
9: Restrictions on use of land
10: Certain existing uses in relation to land protected
10A: Certain existing activities allowed
11: Restrictions on subdivision of land
12: Restrictions on use of coastal marine area
12A: Restrictions on aquaculture activities in coastal marine area and on other activities in aquaculture management areas
13: Restriction on certain uses of beds of lakes and rivers
15: Discharge of contaminants into environment
15C: Prohibitions in relation to radioactive waste or other radioactive matter and other waste in coastal marine area
17: Duty to avoid, remedy, or mitigate adverse effects
19: Certain rules in proposed plans to be operative
20: Certain rules in proposed plans not to have effect
20A: Certain existing lawful activities allowed
21: Avoiding unreasonable delay
23: Other legal requirements not affected
24: Functions of Minister for the Environment
24A: Power of Minister for the Environment to investigate and make recommendations
25: Residual powers of Minister for the Environment
25A: Minister may direct preparation of plan, change, or variation
27: Minister may require local authorities to supply information
28A: Regional council must supply information to Minister of Conservation
30: Functions of regional councils under this Act
31: Functions of territorial authorities under this Act
31A: Minister of Conservation to have certain powers of local authority
32: Requirements for preparing and publishing evaluation reports
32A: Failure to carry out evaluation
33: Transfer of powers
34: Delegation of functions, etc, by local authorities
34A: Delegation of powers and functions to employees and other persons
35: Duty to gather information, monitor, and keep records
35A: Duty to keep records about iwi and hapu
36: Administrative charges
36A: No duty under this Act to consult about resource consent applications and notices of requirement
36B: Power to make joint management agreement
36C: Local authority may act by itself under joint management agreement
36D: Effect of joint management agreement
36E: Termination of joint management agreement
37A: Requirements for waivers and extensions
37B: Persons to have powers of consent authority for purposes of sections 37 and 37A
38: Authorisation and responsibilities of enforcement officers
39: Hearings to be public and without unnecessary formality
39B: Persons who may be given hearing authority
39C: Effect of lack of accreditation
40: Persons who may be heard at hearings
41: Provisions relating to hearings
41A: Control of hearings
41B: Directions to provide evidence within time limits
41C: Directions and requests before or at hearings
42: Protection of sensitive information
42A: Reports to local authority
43: Regulations prescribing national environmental standards
43A: Contents of national environmental standards
43B: Relationship between national environmental standards and rules or consents
43C: Relationship between national environmental standards and water conservation orders
43D: Relationship between national environmental standards and designations
43E: Relationship between national environmental standards and bylaws
43F: Description of discharges in national environmental standards for discharges
43G: Incorporation of material by reference in national environmental standards
45: Purpose of national policy statements (other than New Zealand coastal policy statements)
46: Proposed national policy statement
46A: Single process for preparing national directions
46B: Incorporation of material by reference in national direction
48: Public notification of proposal for national direction and inquiry
49: Submissions to board of inquiry
53: Changes to or review or revocation of national policy statements
54: Publication of national policy statements
55: Local authority recognition of national policy statements
56: Purpose of New Zealand coastal policy statements
58A: Incorporation of material by reference in New Zealand coastal policy statements
59: Purpose of regional policy statements
60: Preparation and change of regional policy statements
61: Matters to be considered by regional council (policy statements)
62: Contents of regional policy statements
63: Purpose of regional plans
64: Preparation and change of regional coastal plans
64A: Imposition of coastal occupation charges
65: Preparation and change of other regional plans
66: Matters to be considered by regional council (plans)
67: Contents of regional plans
68: Regional rules
69: Rules relating to water quality
70: Rules about discharges
70A: Application to climate change of rules relating to discharge of greenhouse gases
70B: Implementation of national environmental standards
71: Rules about esplanade reserves on reclamation
72: Purpose of district plans
73: Preparation and change of district plans
74: Matters to be considered by territorial authority
75: Contents of district plans
76: District rules
77: Rules about esplanade reserves on subdivision and road stopping
77A: Power to make rules to apply to classes of activities and specify conditions
77B: Duty to include certain rules in relation to controlled or restricted discretionary activities
77C: Certain activities to be treated as discretionary activities or prohibited activities
77D: Rules specifying activities for which consent applications must be notified or are precluded from being notified
78: Withdrawal of proposed policy statements and plans
78A: Combined regional and district documents
79: Review of policy statements and plans
79A: Circumstance when further review required
79B: Consequence of review under section 79A
80: Combined regional and district documents
81: Boundary adjustments
82: Disputes
82A: Dispute relating to review under section 79A
83: Procedural requirements deemed to be observed
84: Local authorities to observe their own policy statements and plans
85: Environment Court may give directions in respect of land subject to controls
85B: Process to apply if plan or proposed plan does not comply with section 85A
86: Power to acquire land
87: Types of resource consents
88: Making an application
88A: Description of type of activity to remain the same
88B: Time limits from which time periods are excluded in relation to applications
88C: Excluded time periods relating to provision of further information
89: Applications to territorial authorities for resource consents where land is in coastal marine area
90: Distribution of application to other authorities
91: Deferral pending application for additional consents
92: Further information, or agreement, may be requested
92A: Responses to request
92B: Responses to notification
93: When public notification of consent applications is required
94: When public notification of consent applications is not required
94A: Forming opinion as to whether adverse effects are minor or more than minor
94B: Forming opinion as to who may be adversely affected
94C: Public notification if applicant requests or if special circumstances exist
94D: When public notification and service requirements may be varied
95: Time limit for public notification or limited notification
96: Making submissions
97: Time limit for submissions
98: Advice of submissions to applicant
99: Pre-hearing meetings
99A: Mediation
100: Obligation to hold a hearing
101: Hearing date and notice
102: Joint hearings by 2 or more consent authorities
103: Combined hearings in respect of 2 or more applications
104: Consideration of applications
104A: Determination of applications for controlled activities
104B: Determination of applications for discretionary or non-complying activities
104C: Determination of applications for restricted discretionary activities
104D: Particular restrictions for non-complying activities
104F: Implementation of national environmental standards
105: Matters relevant to certain applications
107A: Restrictions on grant of resource consents
107B: Provision for certain infrastructure works and related operations
107D: Process to apply if grant of resource consent has effect of cancelling customary rights order
108: Conditions of resource consents
108A: Bonds
109: Special provisions in respect of bonds or covenants
110: Refund of money and return of land where activity does not proceed
111: Use of financial contributions
112: Obligation to pay rent and royalties deemed condition of consent
113: Decisions on applications to be in writing, etc
114: Notification
115: Time limits for notification of decision
116: When a resource consent commences
117: Application to carry out restricted coastal activity
118: Recommendation of hearing committee
119: Decision on application for restricted coastal activity
119A: Coastal permit for restricted coastal activity treated as if granted by regional council
121: Procedure for appeal
122: Consents not real or personal property
123: Duration of consent
124: Exercise of resource consent while applying for new consent
124A: When sections 124B and 124C apply and when they do not apply
124B: Applications by existing holders of resource consents
124C: Applications by persons who are not existing holders of resource consents
126: Cancellation of consent
127: Change or cancellation of consent condition on application by consent holder
128: Circumstances when consent conditions can be reviewed
129: Notice of review
130: Public notification, submissions, and hearing, etc
131: Matters to be considered in review
132: Decisions on review of consent conditions
133: Powers under Part 12 not affected
133A: Minor corrections of resource consents
135: Transferability of coastal permits
136: Transferability of water permits
137: Transferability of discharge permits
138: Surrender of consent
138A: Special provisions relating to coastal permits for dumping and incineration
139: Consent authorities and Environmental Protection Authority to issue certificates of compliance
139A: Consent authorities to issue existing use certificates
140: Outline of this Part
141: Interpretation
142: Minister may call in matter that is or is part of proposal of national significance
143: Restriction on when local authority may request call in
144: Restriction on when Minister may call in matter
145: Matter lodged with EPA
149A: EPA must serve Minister's direction on local authority and applicant
149B: Local authority's obligations if matter called in
150: Residual powers of authorities
150AA: Reference to Environment Court
150A: Interpretation
150B: Moratorium
150C: Earlier expiry of moratorium in relation to specified areas
150E: Transitional provision
150F: No compensation
151AA: Part not to apply to applications to occupy coastal marine area
152: Order in Council may be made requiring holding of authorisation
153: Application of Order in Council
154: Publication, etc, of Order in Council
155: Particulars of Order in Council to be endorsed on regional coastal plan
156: Effect of Order in Council
157: Calling of public tenders for authorisations
158: Requirements of tender
159: Acceptance of tender, etc
161: Grant of authorisation
162: Authorisation not to confer right to coastal permit, etc
163: Authorisation transferable
165: Tender money
165C: Interpretation
165D: Power of consent authorities to refuse to receive applications for coastal permits
165F: Provisions about occupation of common marine and coastal area
165G: Plan may specify allocation methods
165H: Regional council to have regard to and be satisfied about certain matters before including allocation rule in regional coastal plan or proposed regional coastal plan
165I: Offer of authorisations for activities in common marine and coastal area in accordance with plan
165J: When applications not to be made unless applicant holds authorisation in accordance with plan
165K: Power to give directions relating to allocation of authorisations for space provided for in plan
165L: Regional council may request use of allocation method
165M: Stay on applications following request under section 165L
165N: Minister may approve use of allocation method
165O: Period of approval
165P: Offer of authorisations where approved by Minister
165Q: When applications not to be made or granted unless applicant holds authorisation in accordance with Gazette notice
165R: Authorisation not to confer right to coastal permit
165S: Authorisation transferable
165T: Authorisation lapses in certain circumstances
165U: Public notice of offer of authorisations by regional council
165V: Requirements for offers for authorisations
165ZG: Application
165ZI: Applications for space already used for aquaculture activities
165ZJ: Additional criteria for considering applications for permits for space already used for aquaculture activities
166: Definitions
168: Notice of requirement to territorial authority
168A: Notice of requirement by territorial authority
169: Further information, notification, submissions, and hearing for notice of requirement to territorial authority
170: Discretion to include requirement in proposed plan
171: Recommendation by territorial authority
172: Decision of requiring authority
173: Notification of decision on designation
174: Appeals
175: Designation to be provided for in district plan
176: Effect of designation
176A: Outline plan
177: Land subject to existing designation or heritage order
178: Interim effect of requirements for designations
179: Appeals relating to sections 176 to 178
180: Transfer of rights and responsibilities for designations
181: Alteration of designation
182: Removal of designation
183: Review of designation which has not lapsed
184: Lapsing of designations which have not been given effect to
184A: Lapsing of designations of territorial authority in its own district
185: Environment Court may order taking of land
186: Compulsory acquisition powers
187: Meaning of heritage order and heritage protection authority
189: Notice of requirement to territorial authority
189A: Notice of requirement for heritage order by territorial authority
190: Further information, notification, submissions, and hearing for notice of requirement to territorial authority
191: Recommendation by territorial authority
192: Application of other sections
193A: Land subject to existing heritage order or designation
194: Interim effect of requirement
195: Appeals relating to sections 193 and 194
197: Compulsory acquisition powers
198: Environment Court may order land taken, etc
200: Meaning of water conservation order
203: Special tribunal
204: Public notification of application
205: Submissions to special tribunal
206: Conduct of hearing
207: Matters to be considered
208: Special tribunal to report on application
209: Right to make submissions to Environment Court
210: Environment Court to hold inquiry
211: Who may be heard at inquiry
212: Matters to be considered by Environment Court
213: Court's report
216: Revocation or variation of order
217: Effect of water conservation order
220: Condition of subdivision consents
221: Territorial authority to issue a consent notice
222: Completion certificates
223: Approval of survey plan by territorial authority
224: Restrictions upon deposit of survey plan
225: Agreement to sell land or building before deposit of plan
226: Restrictions upon issue of certificates of title for subdivision
230: Requirement for esplanade reserves or esplanade strips
231: Esplanade reserves to vest on subdivision
232: Creation of esplanade strips
234: Variation or cancellation of esplanade strips
235: Creation of esplanade strips by agreement
236: Where land previously set aside or reserved
237: Approval of survey plans where esplanade reserve or esplanade strips required
237A: Vesting of land in common marine and coastal area or bed of lake or river
237B: Access strips
237C: Closure of strips to public
237D: Transfers to the Crown or regional council
237E: Compensation for taking of esplanade reserves or strips on allotments of less than 4 hectares
237F: Compensation for taking of esplanade reserves or strips on allotments of 4 hectares or more
237G: Compensation
237H: Valuation
238: Vesting of roads
239: Vesting of reserves or other land
240: Covenant against transfer of allotments
241: Amalgamation of allotments
242: Prior registered instruments protected
243: Survey plan approved subject to grant or reservation of easements
245: Consent authority approval of a plan of survey of a reclamation
246: Restrictions on deposit of plan of survey for reclamation
247: Planning Tribunal re-named Environment Court
248: Membership of Environment Court
249: Eligibility for appointment as an Environment Judge or alternate Environment Judge
251: Chief Environment Court Judge
253: Eligibility for appointment as Environment Commissioner or Deputy Environment Commissioner
259: Special advisors
262: Environment Court members who are ratepayers
265: Environment Court sittings
268: Alternative dispute resolution
269: Court procedure
270: Hearing matters together
271: Local hearings
271A: Submitter may be party to proceedings
274: Representation at proceedings
275: Personal appearance or by representative
276: Evidence
276A: Evidence of documents
279: Powers of Environment Judge sitting alone
284A: Security for costs
285: Awarding costs
289: Reply to appeal or request for inquiry
290: Powers of court in regard to appeals and inquiries
290A: Environment Court to have regard to decision that is subject of appeal or inquiry
292: Remedying defects in plans
293: Environment Court may order change to proposed policy statements and plans
293A: Determinations on recognition orders and agreements made under Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011
295: Environment Court decisions are final
296: No review of decisions unless right of appeal or reference to inquiry exercised
297: Decisions of court to be in writing
298: Documents judicially noticed
299: Appeal to High Court on question of law
302: Parties to the appeal before the High Court
303: Orders of the High Court
307: Date of hearing
310: Scope and effect of declaration
311: Application for declaration
312: Notification of application
314: Scope of enforcement order
317: Notification of application
319: Decision on application
321: Change or cancellation of enforcement order
322: Scope of abatement notice
324: Form and content of abatement notice
325: Appeals
325A: Cancellation of abatement notice
326: Meaning of excessive noise
327: Issue and effect of excessive noise direction
328: Compliance with an excessive noise direction
329: Water shortage direction
330: Emergency works and power to take preventive or remedial action
331: Reimbursement or compensation for emergency works
332: Power of entry for inspection
333: Power of entry for survey
336: Return of property seized under sections 323 and 328
338: Offences against this Act
342: Fines to be paid to local authority instituting prosecution
343A: Infringement offences
343D: Entitlement to infringement fees
351: Regulations
354: Crown's existing rights to resources to continue
355: Vesting of reclaimed land
355AB: Application for renewals
355A: Application for consent to unlawful reclamation
355B: Enforcement powers against unlawful reclamations
356: Matters may be determined by arbitration
357: Right of objection against certain decisions
357A: Right of objection to consent authority against certain decisions or requirements
357B: Right of objection in relation to imposition of additional charges or recovery of costs
357C: Procedure for making and hearing objection under sections 357 to 357B
357D: Decision on objections made under sections 357 to 357B
358: Appeals against certain decisions or objections
359: Regional councils to pay rents, royalties, and other money received into Crown Bank Account
360: Regulations
361: Repeals and revocations
362: Consequential amendments
363: Conflicts with special Acts
364: Application of this Part
365: Meaning of permission
366: Effect of this Act on existing schemes, consents, etc
367: Effect of regional planning schemes
368: Existing notices, bylaws, etc, to become regional plans
369: Provisions deemed to be regional rules
370: Existing notices, bylaws, etc, to become regional coastal plans
371: Provisions deemed to be regional rules
372: Power of Minister of Conservation to give directions relating to restricted coastal activities
373: Existing district and maritime schemes to become district plans
374: Provisions deemed to be district rules
375: Transitional provisions for public utilities
376: Transitional plans to be notified and available
377: Obligation to review transitional plans
378: Proceedings in relation to plans
379: Declarations
380: Existing notices which continue in effect
381: Existing notices deemed to be abatement notices
382: Existing direction deemed to be excessive noise direction
382A: Return of property seized under Noise Control Act 1982
383: Existing permissions to become land use consents
383A: Existing permissions to allow use of beds of lakes and rivers
384: Existing permissions to become coastal permits
385: Existing clean air permissions to become discharge permits
386: Existing rights and authorities under Water and Soil Conservation Act 1967
387: Existing geothermal licences and authorisations deemed to be water permits
388: Requirement to supply information
389: Existing applications
390: Application being heard
390A: Appeals
390B: Date on which application deemed to be made
390C: Dealing with applications for permissions
390D: Timing for renewals
392: Provisions of Clean Air Act 1972 may be considered on applications for resource consents for discharging contaminants into the air
393: Applications for Orders in Council to reclaim land and approval for harbour works
394: Transitional provisions relating to setting aside of esplanade reserves on reclamation
395: Applications for works, etc, in coastal marine area
396A: Notification of lapsing, cancellation, or surrender of coastal permit for marine farming
398: Regional councils not to accept applications for coastal permits in areas notified by Minister of Fisheries
399: Applications received on same day
400: Applications under Marine Farming Act 1971 for prohibited anchorages, etc
401: Conditions of deemed resource consents
401A: Transitional coastal occupation charges
401B: Obligation to pay coastal occupation charge deemed condition of consent
402: Existing subdivision approvals
403: Existing objections and appeals in relation to subdivisions
404: Existing applications for approval
405A: Transitional provisions for esplanade reserves where land subdivided or road stopped
406: Grounds of refusal of subdivision consent
407: Subdivision consent conditions
408: Existing approvals for unit plans, cross lease plans, and company lease plans
409: Financial contributions for developments
410: Existing developments
413: Current mining privileges to become deemed permits
414: Deemed permits to be subject to regional rules
415: Acquisition of deemed permits
416: Compensation
417: Permits over land other than that of holders to be produced in Land Transfer Office
417A: Uses of lakes and rivers not restricted by section 9
418: Certain existing permitted uses may continue
419: Certain discharges affected by water classifications
420: Designations and requirements continued
421: Protection notices to become heritage orders
422: Procedure for requirements for designations and protection notices
423: National water conservation orders
424: Savings as to bylaws
425: Leases, licences, and other authorities under Harbours Act 1950
425A: Functions and powers in respect of activities on or in Lake Taupo
427: Deemed transfer of powers to former public bodies
429: Savings as to compensation claims
430: Savings as to court proceedings
432: Obligation to prepare regional policy statements and coastal plans within 2 years
Schedule 1: Preparation, change, and review of policy statements and plans
2AA: Definitions relating to notification
25B: Ministers may direct commencement of review
36AA: Local authority policy on discounting administrative charges
43AA: Interpretation
43AAB: Meaning of district rule and regional rule
43AAC: Meaning of proposed plan
44A: Local authority recognition of national environmental standards
86A: Purpose of sections 86B to 86G
86B: When rules in proposed plans have legal effect
86C: When rule has legal effect if decision to delay its effect is rescinded
86D: Environment Court may order rule to have legal effect from date other than standard date
86E: Local authorities must identify rules having early or delayed legal effect
86F: When rules in proposed plans must be treated as operative
86G: Rule that has not taken legal effect or become operative excluded from references to rule in this Act and regulations made under this Act
87A: Classes of activities
87B: Certain activities to be treated as discretionary activities or prohibited activities
87C: Sections 87D to 87I apply to resource consent applications
87D: Request for application to go directly to Environment Court
87E: Consent authority’s decision on request
87F: Consent authority's subsequent processing
87G: Environment Court determines application
87H: Residual powers of consent authority
87I: When consent authority must determine application
Schedule 1A: Preparation and change of regional coastal plans providing for aquaculture activities
Schedule 2: Matters that may be provided for in policy statements and plans
88D: Excluded time periods relating to direct referral
88E: Excluded time periods relating to other matters
95A: Public notification of consent applications
95B: Limited notification of consent applications
95C: Public notification of consent application after request for further information or report
95D: Consent authority decides if adverse effects likely to be more than minor
95E: Consent authority decides if person is affected person
100A: Hearing by commissioner if requested by applicant or submitter
103A: Time limit for completion of hearing of notified application
149C: EPA must give public notice of Minister's direction
149E: EPA to receive submissions on matter if public notice of direction has been given
149F: EPA to receive further submissions if matter is request, change, or variation
149G: EPA must provide board or court with necessary information
149H: Local authority may not notify further change or variation in certain circumstances
149I: Limitation on withdrawal of change or variation
149L: Conduct of inquiry
149M: Process if matter is request for regional plan or change and particular circumstances apply
149N: Process if section 149M applies or proposed plan or change not yet prepared
149O: Public notice and submissions where EPA receives proposed plan or change from local authority under section 149N
149P: Consideration of matter by board
149Q: Board to produce draft report
149R: Board to produce report
149T: Matter referred to Environment Court
149U: Consideration of matter by Environment Court
149V: Appeal from decisions only on question of law
149W: Local authority to implement decision of board or court about proposed regional plan or change or variation
149X: Residual powers of local authority
149Y: EPA must refer matter to local authority if direction made by Minister
149Z: Local authority must process referred matter
149ZA: Minister's powers to intervene in matter
149ZC: Minister to decide whether application or notice of requirement to be notified
149ZD: Costs of processes under this Part recoverable from applicant
Schedule 4: Information required in application for resource consent
Schedule 6: Enactments repealed
Schedule 7: Regulations and orders revoked
Schedule 8: Enactments amended
195A: Alteration of heritage order
198A: Sections 198B to 198G apply to requirements under section 168 or 189
198B: Requiring authority or heritage protection authority's request
198C: Territorial authority’s decision on request
198D: Territorial authority's subsequent processing
198E: Environment Court decides
198F: Residual powers of territorial authority
198G: When territorial authority must deal with requirement
198H: Sections 198I to 198M apply to requirements under section 168A or 189A
198I: Territorial authority's decision
198J: Territorial authority's subsequent processing
198K: Environment Court decides
198L: Residual powers of territorial authority
198M: When territorial authority must deal with requirement
Schedule 9: Special Acts under which local authorities and other public bodies exercise functions, powers, and duties
290AA: Powers of court in regard to certain appeals under clause 14 of Schedule 1
308A: Identification of trade competitors and surrogates
308F: Surrogate must disclose status
Schedule 12: Transitional, savings, and related provisions
45B: Changes to plans and specifications that have national multiple-use approval
30: Charging for access to road reserve
32: Local authority, etc, may require works to be moved
47: Further provisions applying to Council
55: Expiration of provisions relating to Council
10: Meaning of allotment
12: Role of building consent authority and territorial authority
13: Role of regional authority
14: Roles of building consent authorities, territorial authorities, and regional authorities in relation to dams
31: Building consent authority must apply for project information memorandum
32: Owner may apply for project information memorandum
34: Issue of project information memorandum
36: Territorial authority may issue development contribution notice
37: Territorial authority must issue certificate if resource consent required
38: Territorial authority must give copy of project information memorandum in certain circumstances
40: Building work not to be carried out without consent
44: When to apply for building consent
49: Grant of building consent
50: Refusal of application for building consent
52: Lapse of building consent
58: Liability to pay levy: building consent authority
59: Liability to pay levy: territorial authority
60: Territorial authority may retain part of levy
61: Chief executive may recover unpaid levies from territorial authority
62: Territorial authority may recover unpaid levies from applicant for building consent
68: Territorial authority must notify chief executive if waiver or modification granted
73: Conditions on building consents granted under section 72
75: Construction of building on 2 or more allotments
77: Building consent must not be granted until condition is imposed under section 75
83: Owner may apply for entry to be removed
87: Owner must notify names of licensed building practitioners engaged in restricted building work
91: Building consent authority that grants building consent to issue code compliance certificate
95: Issue of code compliance certificate
96: Territorial authority may issue certificate of acceptance in certain circumstances
97: How to apply for certificate of acceptance
98: Processing application for certificate of acceptance
99: Issue of certificate of acceptance
102: When compliance schedule must be issued
104: Building consent authority must notify territorial authority of issue of compliance schedule
106: Application by owner for amendment to compliance schedule
107: Territorial authority may amend compliance schedule on own initiative
109: Territorial authority must consider recommendation to amend compliance schedule
111: Inspections by territorial authority
114: Owner must give notice of change of use, extension of life, or subdivision of buildings
116: Code compliance requirements: extension of life
121: Meaning of dangerous building
124: Dangerous, affected, or insanitary buildings: powers of territorial authority
125: Requirements for notice requiring building work or restricting entry
126: Territorial authority may carry out work
128: Prohibition on using dangerous, affected, or insanitary building
129: Measures to avoid immediate danger or to fix insanitary conditions
130: Territorial authority must apply to District Court for confirmation of warrant
131: Territorial authority must adopt policy on dangerous and insanitary buildings
132: Adoption and review of policy
143: Regional authority must decide whether to approve or refuse dam safety assurance programme
151: Register of dams
154: Powers of regional authorities in respect of dangerous dams
156: Regional authority may carry out work
157: Measures to avoid immediate danger
158: Regional authority must apply to District Court for confirmation of warrant
161: Regional authority must adopt policy on dangerous dams, earthquake-prone dams, and flood-prone dams
162: Adoption and review of policy
163: Definitions for this subpart
165: Form and content of notice to fix
166: Special provisions for notices to fix from building consent authority
167: Inspection of building work under notice to fix
193: Effect of registration
212: Territorial authority must act as building consent authority for its district
213: Territorial authority may make arrangements relating to functions of building consent authority
214: How liability apportioned if territorial authority makes arrangements relating to functions of building consent authority
215: Territorial authority must gain accreditation and be registered
216: Territorial authority must keep information about buildings
217: Access to certain information kept by territorial authority
218: Territorial authority must provide information to chief executive for purpose of facilitating performance of chief executive's function under sections 169 and 169A
219: Territorial authority may impose fee or charge and must collect levy
220: Territorial authority may carry out building work on default
221: Recovery of costs when territorial authority carries out work on default
224: Warrant must be produced
226: Restriction on entry to household unit
232: Delegation of powers by territorial authority and its officers
233: Transfer of functions, duties, or powers of territorial authority
234: Procedure for transfer
235: Territorial authorities may agree on terms of transfer
236: Effect of transfer
237: Application of subpart
238: Duties of building consent authority
240: Building consent authority may impose fee or charge and must collect levy
241: Regional authority must gain accreditation and be registered
242: Regional authority must provide information to chief executive
243: Regional authorities may impose fee or charge and recover costs, and must collect levy
244: Transfer of functions, duties, and powers of regional authority
245: Procedure for transfer
246: Regional authorities may agree on terms of transfer
247: Effect of transfer
252: Scope of accreditation of building consent authority that is not territorial authority
276: Review of territorial authorities
277: Non-performance by territorial authority
278: Criteria for appointment or renewal of appointment
279: Effect of appointment
280: Costs may be recovered from territorial authority
281: Requirements for appointment
374: Payment of infringement fees
377: Filing charging document
381: District Court may grant injunctions for certain continuing breaches
389: Fines to be paid to territorial authority or regional authority instituting prosecution
390: Civil proceedings may not be brought against chief executive, employees, etc
433: Transitional provision for building consents granted under former Act
437: Transitional provision for issue of certificate of acceptance
449: Territorial authorities and regional authorities must apply to be registered by 31 May 2006
450: When territorial authority may and must act as building consent authority during transition to this Act
Schedule 4: Enactments amended
4: Evidence of appointment of trustees
309: Conspiring to prevent collection of rates or taxes
11A: Core services to be considered in performing role
101A: Financial strategy
259A: Levy to fund rules for performance measures
259B: Power to refund levy
261A: Purpose of rules specifying performance measures
261B: Secretary must make rules specifying performance measures
261C: Status of rules
261D: Incorporation of documents by reference in rules
261E: Proof of material incorporated by reference
261F: Effect of change to, or expiry of, material incorporated by reference
261G: Consultation on proposal to incorporate material by reference
261H: Access to material incorporated by reference
3: Outline of Act
6: Meaning of local authority area
10: Where freedom camping in local authority area permitted
11: Freedom camping bylaws
15: Where freedom camping on conservation land permitted
16: Freedom camping restriction and prohibition signs
17: Notices restricting or prohibiting freedom camping on conservation land
18: Public notification of notices restricting or prohibiting freedom camping on conservation land
19: Director-General to exercise powers as if Act specified in Schedule 1 of Conservation Act 1987
20: Infringement offences relating to local authority areas
21: Strict liability offences
23: Penalties
24: Offenders liable for cost of damage
25: How proceedings commenced
26: Who proceedings may be commenced against
27: Who may serve infringement notices
28: Reminder notices
31: Entitlement to infringement fees
32: Appointment of enforcement officers by local authorities
33: Appointment of enforcement officers by Director-General
34: Enforcement officers must produce evidence of appointment
35: Enforcement officers may require certain information
36: Enforcement officers may require certain persons to leave local authority area, conservation land, or LINZ land
37: Enforcement officers may seize and impound certain property
38: Requirements relating to seizure and impoundment of boats and motor vehicles
39: Return of property seized and impounded
40: Disposal of property seized and impounded
41: Protection against claims resulting from seizing or impounding of property under section 37
42: Relationship of this Act with other enactments
43: Regulations
45: Evidence in proceedings
46: Purpose of this subpart
47: Infringement offences for camping-related local authority bylaw provisions specified in Schedule 3
48: Infringement offences for camping-related local authority bylaw provisions specified in Schedule 4
49: Empowering legislation otherwise applies to bylaw provisions
50: Descriptions of offences in Schedules 3 and 4
Schedule 2: Prescribed forms
Schedule 3: Bylaws breach of which deemed infringement offence
Schedule 4: Bylaws breach of which deemed infringement offence if resolution passed
99A: Pre-election report
12: Bylaws must not absolutely prohibit freedom camping
13: Review of bylaws
14: Application of Local Government Act 2002 to bylaws
30: Charging hirer for infringement fee
165A: Overview
165B: Relationship of Part with rest of Act
165AB: Establishment of aquaculture management areas
165W: Preferential rights of iwi
165X: Acceptance of offer for authorisations
165Y: Grant of authorisation
165Z: Tender money
165ZA: Use of tender money
165ZB: Regional council may request suspension of applications to occupy common marine and coastal area for purposes of aquaculture activities
165ZC: Effect on applications of request under section 165ZB
165ZE: Subsequent requests for direction in relation to suspension of receipt of applications
165ZF: Regional council may request direction to process and hear together applications for permits to occupy common marine and coastal area for purpose of aquaculture activities
68A: Regional coastal plan not to authorise aquaculture activities in coastal marine area as permitted activities
88F: Excluded time periods relating to pre-request aquaculture agreements
165ZFA: Ministerial power to direct applications to be processed and heard together
165ZFB: Application of sections 165ZFC to 165ZFH
165ZFC: Interpretation
165ZFD: Effect of requirement that applications be processed and heard together on direct referral to Environment Court under sections 87D to 87I
165ZFE: Processing of affected applications
165ZFF: Hearing of affected applications
165ZFG: Effect of requirement that applications be processed and heard together on power of Minister to call in applications under section 142
165ZK: Application
165ZL: Interpretation
165ZM: Other provisions of Act apply subject to this subpart
165ZN: Application for coastal permit to undertake aquaculture activities
165ZO: Identifying plan change requests and concurrent applications
165ZP: Incomplete concurrent application
165ZQ: Additional consents
165ZR: Concurrent application to be declined or treated as withdrawn if plan change request declined or withdrawn
165ZS: Consideration of plan change request
165ZT: Notification of accepted plan change request
165ZU: Submissions on plan change request and concurrent application
165ZV: Hearing of submissions
165ZW: Type of activity in relation to concurrent activities
165ZX: Consideration of plan change request and concurrent application
165ZY: Regional council's decision on concurrent application
165ZZ: Appeals
165ZZA: Grant of coastal permit
360A: Regulations amending regional coastal plans in relation to aquaculture activities
360B: Conditions to be satisfied before regulations made under section 360A
360C: Regional council's obligations
87A: Notices to building consent authority when owner-builder carries out restricted building work
102A: Procedure for obtaining compliance schedule where building consent not required
281A: What fees and charges may be imposed
24AA: Purpose of local government reorganisation provisions
24A: Transitional modification or suspension of certain statutory requirements after issue of reorganisation plan
257: Minister may require information
258: Minister may appoint Crown Review Team
258A: How Crown Review Team appointed
258B: Minister may appoint Crown Observer
258C: How Crown Observer appointed
258D: Minister may appoint Crown Manager
258E: How Crown Manager appointed
258F: Minister may appoint Commission
258G: How Commission appointed
258H: Application of this and other enactments during Commission's term of appointment
258I: Minister may postpone general election when appointing Commission
258J: Timing of election following postponed election
258K: Local authority members remain in office but must not act during term of Commission
258L: Extraordinary vacancy when Commission appointed or during term of Commission
258M: Minister may call general election
258N: Minister may consult any person
258O: Minister must publish list in Gazette
258P: Minister must have regard to published list
258Q: Notice to local authority of proposed appointment of Ministerial body
258R: Notice to local authority of proposed general election
258S: Notification of appointment of Ministerial body
258U: Final report of Ministerial body
258W: Recovery of expenses from local authority
258X: Minister may terminate Ministerial body or Ministerial appointee
258Y: Protection from liability for Ministerial appointees
258Z: Disclosure of information held by local authority
258ZA: Decisions and directions of Crown Manager or Commission remain in force until local authority decides otherwise
259C: Auditor-General must report on disclosures made under certain regulations
259D: Regulations may incorporate financial reporting standards by reference
259F: Proof of standards incorporated by reference
259G: Effect of expiry or revocation of standards incorporated by reference
259H: Access to standards incorporated by reference
259I: Application of Legislation Act 2019 to standards incorporated by reference
259J: Application of Regulations (Disallowance) Act 1989 to standards incorporated by reference
26A: Duties of local authorities in relation to local government reorganisation
27A: Change of name of unitary authorities
27B: Orders in Council to be published in Gazette
31A: Minister's expectations of Commission in relation to local government reorganisation
149RA: Minor corrections of board decisions, etc
434: Transitional provisions for amendments made on or after commencement of Resource Management Amendment Act 2013
32AA: Requirements for undertaking and publishing further evaluations
41A: Role and powers of mayors
42A: Building work for which building consent is not required under Schedule 1
121A: Meaning of affected building
132A: Policy must take into account affected buildings
133C: Obligation to notify regional authority of classifiable or referable dam and change of ownership
135A: Certifying engineer must notify regional authority and owner if dam dangerous
153B: Owner must notify regional authority of dangerous dam
371A: Who may issue infringement notices
371B: Authorisation to issue infringement notice
147A: Criteria for making or continuing bylaws
147B: Criteria for making resolutions relating to bylaws
147C: Signage for areas in which bylaws for alcohol control purposes apply
169A: Proving substance is alcohol in relation to alleged breach of alcohol ban
239A: Breaches of alcohol bans
52: Liability of certain office holders
199C: Right to object to assessed amount of development contribution
199D: Scope of development contribution objections
199E: Procedure for development contribution objections
199M: Residual powers of territorial authority relating to development contribution objection decision
199N: Objector’s right to apply for judicial review unaffected
199O: Territorial authority to provide administrative support for development contributions commissioners
199P: Interim effect of development contribution objection
8A: Provisions affecting application of amendments to this Act
17A: Delivery of services
48A: Application
48C: Purpose of local boards
48D: Unitary authority decision making shared between governing body and local boards
48E: Membership of local boards
48F: Indemnification and liability of local board members
48G: Status of local boards
48H: Functions, duties, and powers of local boards
48I: General scheme
48J: Decision-making responsibilities of governing body
48K: Decision-making responsibilities of local boards
48L: Principles for allocation of decision-making responsibilities of unitary authority
48M: Local boards funding policy
48N: Local board plans
48O: Local board agreements
48P: Consultation required on proposed content of local board agreement
48Q: Application of Schedule 7 to local boards and their members
48R: Disputes about allocation of decision-making responsibilities or proposed bylaws
48S: Local Government Commission to determine disputes
99AA: Withholding certificate of acceptance
76AA: Significance and engagement policy
82A: Information requirements for consultation required under this Act
83AA: Summary of information
93A: Use of special consultative procedure in relation to long-term plan
93B: Purpose of consultation document for long-term plan
93C: Content of consultation document for adoption of long-term plan
93D: Content of consultation document for amendment of long-term plan
93E: Additional content of consultation document for adoption or amendment of long-term plan where section 97 applies to proposed decision
93F: Form and manner of presentation of consultation document
93G: Information to be adopted by local authority in relation to long-term plan and consultation document
95A: Purpose and content of consultation document for annual plan
95B: Combined or concurrent consultation on long-term plan and annual plan
101B: Infrastructure strategy
150A: Costs of development contribution objections
150B: Local boards may propose bylaw
150C: Local board must consult on proposed bylaw
150D: Local board may propose amendment to bylaw
150E: Local board may propose revocation of bylaw
150F: Joint bylaw proposals
197AA: Purpose of development contributions
197AB: Development contributions principles
198A: Restrictions on power to require contributions for reserves
199A: Right to reconsideration of requirement for development contribution
199B: Territorial authority to notify outcome of reconsideration
199F: Appointment and register of development contributions commissioners
199G: Removal of development contributions commissioners
199H: Who may decide development contribution objections
199I: Development contribution objection hearings
199J: Consideration of development contribution objection
199K: Additional powers of development contributions commissioners
199L: Liability of development contributions commissioners
201A: Schedule of assets for which development contributions will be used
202A: Reconsideration process to be in development contributions policy
207A: Request to enter development agreement
207B: Response to request for development agreement
207C: Content of development agreement
207D: Effect of development agreement
207E: Restrictions on use of development agreement
207F: Amendment or termination of development agreement
362T: Building contractor must provide prescribed information and documentation on completion of residential building work
91C: Notified application may be returned if suspended after certain period
91A: Applicant may have processing of notified application suspended
198AB: Excluded time periods relating to provision of further information
198AD: Excluded time periods relating to other matters
198AC: Excluded time periods relating to direct referral
198AA: Time limits from which time periods are excluded in relation to designations and heritage orders
91B: When suspension of processing of notified application ceases
103B: Requirement to provide report and other evidence before hearing
152A: Effect of Food Act 2014 on bylaws
67A: Territorial authority may grant waivers or modifications in relation to means of restricting access to residential pools
162D: Periodic inspections of residential pools
450A: Transitional and savings provision for residential pools
450B: Savings provision for existing residential pools
CB 15C: Council-controlled organisations and other companies
3B: Transitional, savings, and related provisions
18A: Procedural principles
36AAA: Criteria for fixing administrative charges
36AAB: Other matters relating to administrative charges
45A: Contents of national policy statements
58B: Purposes of national planning standards
58C: Scope and contents of national planning standards
58D: Preparation of national planning standards
58E: Approval of national planning standard
58F: Publication of national planning standards and other documents
58G: First set of national planning standards
58H: Changing, replacing, or revoking national planning standards
58I: Local authority recognition of national planning standards
58J: Time frames applying under first set of national planning standards
58K: Obligation to publish documents
58L: Definitions
58M: Purpose of Mana Whakahono a Rohe
58N: Guiding principles
58O: Initiation of Mana Whakahono a Rohe
58P: Other opportunities to initiate Mana Whakahono a Rohe
58Q: Time frame for concluding Mana Whakahono a Rohe
58R: Contents of Mana Whakahono a Rohe
58S: Resolution of disputes that arise in course of negotiating Mana Whakahono a Rohe
58T: Review and monitoring
80A: Freshwater planning process
80B: Purpose, scope, application of Schedule 1, and definitions
80C: Application to responsible Minister for direction
149ZG: Process may be suspended if costs outstanding
195C: Notice of determination
268A: Mandatory participation in alternative dispute resolution processes
360D: Regulations that prohibit or remove certain rules
360E: Procedures relevant to making rules under section 360D
360F: Regulations relating to administrative charges and other amounts
152B: Effect of Fire and Emergency New Zealand Act 2017 on bylaws
133AS: Territorial authority may carry out seismic work
133AN: Owner may apply for exemption from requirement to carry out seismic work
133AO: Owners of certain heritage buildings may apply for extension of time to complete seismic work
133AK: Territorial authority must determine whether building is earthquake prone
133AL: Territorial authority must issue EPB notice for earthquake-prone buildings
133AV: Chief executive must set methodology for identifying earthquake-prone buildings (EPB methodology)
401C: Regulations: earthquake-prone buildings
133AG: Territorial authority must identify potentially earthquake-prone buildings
133AF: Role of territorial authority in identifying certain priority buildings
133AI: Obligations of owners on receiving request for engineering assessment
133AJ: Owners may apply for extension of time to provide engineering assessment
133AH: Territorial authority must request engineering assessment of potentially earthquake-prone buildings
133AY: What territorial authority must do if definition of ultimate capacity or moderate earthquake amended
133AQ: Territorial authority may assess information relating to earthquake-prone building status at any time
133AP: EPB notices and EPB exemption notices to be attached to earthquake-prone buildings
133AR: Territorial authority may impose safety requirements
133AW: Consultation requirements for setting EPB methodology
123A: Application of this subpart to parts of buildings
275A: Content of EPB register
116B: When resource consent commences if subject to grant of application to exchange recreation reserve land
2AB: Meaning of public notice
41D: Striking out submissions
87AAC: Meaning of fast-track application
87BA: Boundary activities approved by neighbours on infringed boundaries are permitted activities
87BB: Activities meeting certain requirements are permitted activities
108AA: Requirements for conditions of resource consents
149ZCE: Minister to decide if adverse effects likely to be more than minor
149ZCF: Minister to decide if person is affected person
357AB: Objection under section 357A(1)(f) or (g) may be considered by hearings commissioner
357CA: Powers of hearings commissioner considering objection under section 357A(1)(f) or (g)
360H: Regulations relating to notification of consent applications
136: Service of documents
261I: Secretary may make rules establishing requirements of form
25A: Order in Council to give effect to reorganisation implementation scheme
35A: Application of Official Information Act 1982
60A: Significant decisions of council-controlled organisations affecting land or water
64A: Shareholders may require additional plans
64B: Statement of expectations
93: When territorial authority consent is required
94: Application for territorial authority consent
95: Considering and determining application for territorial authority consent
96: Territorial authority must adopt TAB venue policy
97: Adoption and review of TAB venue policy
133BJ: Responsible persons may exercise powers under this subpart
133BW: Works to remove or reduce other risks
133BY: Resource consent not required for certain works
5A: Temporary definition of public notice as result of outbreak of COVID-19
2AC: Availability of documents
83B: Use of special consultative procedure during outbreak of COVID-19
39AA: Hearing using remote access facilities
83C: Long-term plan commencing on 1 July 2021
83D: Repeal of sections 83B and 83C and this section
93DA: Amendments to long-term plan during outbreak of COVID-19
94A: Long-term plan amended during outbreak of COVID-19
160B: Bylaw revocation postponed as result of outbreak of COVID-19
13A: Bylaw revocation postponed as result of outbreak of COVID-19
217A: Purpose
217B: Interpretation
217C: Application of this Part
217E: Main duties of farm operators
217G: Certification of freshwater farm plan
217H: Audit of farm for compliance with certified freshwater farm plan
217I: Functions of regional councils
217J: Records that must be kept by regional council
217K: Regional council must appoint certifiers and auditors
217L: Relationship between certified freshwater farm plan and specified instruments
217M: Regulations relating to freshwater farm plans
217P: Obligation to comply with regulations
217Q: Regulations relating to sales information on nitrogenous fertiliser
343F: Enforcement functions of EPA
343G: Intervention by EPA
343J: EPA may require information from local authority
180A: When financial responsibility is transferred to responsible SPV
67A: Extension of time limit for 2019/20 financial year annual reports: COVID-19
98A: Extension of time limit for 2019/20 financial year annual reports: COVID-19
88G: Exclusion of period when processing of non-notified application suspended
91D: Applicant may have processing of non-notified application suspended
91E: When suspension of processing of non-notified application ceases
91F: Non-notified application may be returned after certain period
79AA: Application of temporary provisions in respect of section 79
161A: What is local authority legislation
161B: Instruments that have significant legislative effect
161C: Other supporting definitions
127: Duty to ensure communities have access to drinking water if existing suppliers facing significant problems
128: Requirement to assess wastewater and other sanitary services
77E: Local authority may make rule about financial contributions
77F: Interpretation
77G: Duty of specified territorial authorities to incorporate MDRS and give effect to policy 3 or 5 in residential zones
77H: Requirements in Schedule 3A may be modified to enable greater development
77I: Qualifying matters in applying medium density residential standards and policy 3 to relevant residential zones
77J: Requirements in relation to evaluation report
77M: Effect of incorporation of MDRS in district plan on new applications for resource consents and on some existing designations
77N: Duty of specified territorial authorities to give effect to policy 3 or policy 5 in non-residential zones
77O: Qualifying matters in application of intensification policies to urban non-residential areas
77P: Requirements governing application of section 77O
77Q: Alternative process for existing qualifying matters
77T: Review of financial contributions provisions
80D: What this subpart and Part 6 of Schedule 1 do
80E: Meaning of intensification planning instrument
80F: Specified territorial authority must notify IPI
80G: Limitations on IPIs and ISPP
80H: IPI must show how MDRS are incorporated
80I: Regulations requiring tier 2 territorial authority to change district plan
80J: Tier 3 territorial authority may request regulations requiring territorial authority to change district plan
80K: Regulations requiring tier 3 territorial authority to change district plan
80L: Minister may make direction
80M: Amendment of direction
80N: Specified territorial authority must comply with direction
86BA: Immediate legal effect of rules in IPI prepared using ISPP
Schedule 3A: MDRS to be incorporated by specified territorial authorities
54A: Register of members’ pecuniary interests
54B: Purpose of register
54C: Members to make pecuniary interest returns
54D: Accuracy of information included in pecuniary interest return
54E: Contents of pecuniary interest return relating to member’s position
54F: Contents of pecuniary interest return relating to member’s activities
54G: Registrar
54H: Responsibility of members
54I: Definition of Registrar
330AAA: Modification of requirements in section 330(3) for authorities in affected areas
330AA: Modification of requirements in section 330A for activities undertaken in affected areas
330C: Modification of requirements in section 330B for activities undertaken in affected areas
331A: Application of sections 331B to 331E
331C: Requirement for owner or occupier to give notice to relevant consent authority
83B: Interpretation
83C: Use of special consultative procedure during recovery from severe weather events
93DA: Amendments to long-term plan after severe weather events
94A: Long-term plan amended during recovery from severe weather events
95AAA: 2023/2024 annual plan due date
9A: Act binds the Crown
10A: Bylaws declaring NZTA land to be local authority area
11A: Bylaws permitting freedom camping in motor vehicles that are not self-contained
11B: Requirements relating to bylaws made under sections 10A to 11A
19A: Where freedom camping on LINZ land permitted
19B: Notices permitting freedom camping on LINZ land
19C: Commissioner and chief executive must consult before making notice
19D: Requirements relating to notices published under section 19B
20A: Infringement offences relating to conservation land
20B: Infringement offences relating to LINZ land
20C: Other infringement offences
20D: Strict liability offences
20E: Penalties for infringement offences
20F: Offence to discharge certain substances
20G: Offence to interfere with enforcement officer
27A: How to serve infringement notices
27B: Form of infringement notices
33A: Appointment of enforcement officers by chief executive or commissioner
45A: Review of effect on homelessness of Self-contained Motor Vehicles Legislation Act 2023
Schedule 1AA: Transitional, savings, and related provisions
Schedule 3: LINZ land exempt from consultation requirement
79A: Local authority not required to commence full plan review after Natural and Built Environment Act 2023 receives Royal assent
85AA: Plan must be updated to reflect changes to aquaculture settlement area
165UA: Public notice of offer of authorisations by Minister of Aquaculture
165YA: Grant of authorisation
217KA: Regional council may approve industry organisation to provide certification or audit services
47A: Application of sections 43 to 47 to planning committees under Natural and Built Environment Act 2023
33: Transfer of powers
42AA: Provision of relevant information to post-settlement governance entity
28: Civil proceedings
87AAE: Other fast-track consenting process
165ZFHA: Interpretation
165ZFHB: Application of subpart
165ZFHD: Updating of extended coastal permits
165ZFHE: Consent holder must confirm which coastal permit is operational
165ZFHF: Decision to operate under extant coastal permit
165ZFHG: Decision to operate under replacement permit
165ZFHH: Application of extension where coastal permit under appeal
165ZFHI: Power to undertake review
165ZFHL: Process applying to review
165ZFHM: Decision on review
165ZFHN: Right of appeal
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