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150A: Annual dam compliance certificate requirements not to apply to accredited dam owner
153A: Meaning of earthquake-prone dam and flood-prone dam
CB 8: Disposal: land used for landfill, if notice of election
DB 19: Expenses in application for resource consent
165BB: Some applications for coastal permits must be cancelled
165BC: Certain applications not to be processed or determined until aquaculture management area established in regional coastal plan
59: Principal objective of council-controlled organisation
106: Policy on development contributions or financial contributions
126: Requirements following assessment of community drinking water service
127: Information required in assessment of sanitary services
130: Obligation to maintain water services
131: Power to close down or transfer small water services
134: Criteria for closure of water service
135: Criteria for transfer of water service
138: Restriction on disposal of parks (by sale or otherwise)
146: Specific bylaw-making powers of territorial authorities
148: Special requirements for bylaws relating to trade wastes
149: Power of regional councils to make bylaws
153: The Crown bound by certain bylaws
195: Discharge of sewage
196: Discharge of trade wastes
197: Interpretation
201: Contents of development contributions policy
202: Contents of section 201 schedule
206: Alternative uses of development contributions for reserves
211: Application of other Acts
222: Provisions of Resource Management Act 1991 and Building Act 2004 continue to apply
224: Offence relating to water wastage
286: Waste management plan
402A: Chief executive must review regulations made under section 402(1)(kb)
2: Interpretation
3: Meaning of effect
4: Act to bind the Crown
4A: Application of this Act to ships and aircraft of foreign States
5: Purpose
6: Matters of national importance
7: Other matters
9: Restrictions on use of land
10: Certain existing uses in relation to land protected
10A: Certain existing activities allowed
10B: Certain existing building works allowed
11: Restrictions on subdivision of land
12: Restrictions on use of coastal marine area
13: Restriction on certain uses of beds of lakes and rivers
16: Duty to avoid unreasonable noise
18: Possible defence in cases of unforeseen emergencies
19: Certain rules in proposed plans to be operative
20: Certain rules in proposed plans not to have effect
21: Avoiding unreasonable delay
23: Other legal requirements not affected
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
29: Delegation of functions by Ministers
30: Functions of regional councils under this Act
31: Functions of territorial authorities under this Act
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
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
37: Power of waiver and extension of time limits
37A: Requirements for waivers and extensions
37B: Persons to have powers of consent authority for purposes of sections 37 and 37A
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
43D: Relationship between national environmental standards and designations
43E: Relationship between national environmental standards and bylaws
45: Purpose of national policy statements (other than New Zealand coastal policy statements)
47: Board of inquiry
48: Public notification of proposal for national direction and inquiry
50: Conduct of hearing
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
58: Contents 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
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
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
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
85A: Plan or proposed plan must not include certain rules
86: Power to acquire land
87AA: This Part subject to Part 6A
87: Types of resource consents
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
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
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
105: Matters relevant to certain applications
106: Consent authority may refuse subdivision consent in certain circumstances
107B: Provision for certain infrastructure works and related operations
108: Conditions of resource consents
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
113: Decisions on applications to be in writing, etc
114: Notification
115: Time limits for notification of decision
117: Application to carry out restricted coastal activity
118: Recommendation of hearing committee
119: Decision on application for restricted coastal activity
120: Right to appeal
121: Procedure for appeal
124A: When sections 124B and 124C apply and when they do not apply
125: Lapsing of consents
127: Change or cancellation of consent condition on application by consent holder
129: Notice of review
130: Public notification, submissions, and hearing, etc
133: Powers under Part 12 not affected
133A: Minor corrections of resource consents
134: Land use and subdivision consents attach to land
135: Transferability of coastal permits
137: Transferability of discharge permits
138: Surrender of consent
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
141A: Minister's power to intervene
141B: Minister's power to call in matters that are or are part of proposals of national significance
141C: Form and effect of Minister's direction
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
146: EPA to recommend course of action to Minister
147: Minister makes direction after EPA recommendation
148: Proposals relating to coastal marine area
149: EPA may request further information or commission report
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
152: Order in Council may be made requiring holding of authorisation
153: Application 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
162: Authorisation not to confer right to coastal permit, etc
164: Authorisation to lapse in certain circumstances
165: Tender money
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
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
165S: Authorisation transferable
165U: Public notice of offer of authorisations by regional council
166: Definitions
167: Application to become requiring authority
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
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
195: Appeals relating to sections 193 and 194
196: Removal of heritage order
198: Environment Court may order land taken, etc
207: Matters to be considered
218: Meaning of subdivision of land
219: Information to accompany applications for subdivision consents
220: Condition of subdivision consents
221: Territorial authority to issue a consent notice
223: Approval of survey plan by territorial authority
224: Restrictions upon deposit of survey plan
227: Cancellation of prior approvals
229: Purposes of esplanade reserves and esplanade strips
234: Variation or cancellation of esplanade strips
237A: Vesting of land in common marine and coastal area or bed of lake or river
237C: Closure of strips to public
239: Vesting of reserves or other land
245: Consent authority approval of a plan of survey of a reclamation
247: Planning Tribunal re-named Environment Court
252: When an alternate Environment Judge may act
253: Eligibility for appointment as Environment Commissioner or Deputy Environment Commissioner
255: When a Deputy Environment Commissioner may act
258: Removal of members
259: Special advisors
261: Protection from legal proceedings
262: Environment Court members who are ratepayers
265: Environment Court sittings
266: Constitution of the Environment Court not to be questioned
267: Conferences
268: Alternative dispute resolution
269: Court procedure
270: Hearing matters together
271: Local hearings
271A: Submitter may be party to proceedings
272: Hearing of proceedings
274: Representation at proceedings
276: Evidence
276A: Evidence of documents
277: Hearings and evidence generally to be public
279: Powers of Environment Judge sitting alone
280: Powers of Environment Commissioner sitting without Environment Judge
281: Waivers and directions
281B: Review of exercise of power by Registrar
282: Application of Contempt of Court Act 2019
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
291: Other proceedings before court
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
294: Review of decision by court
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
299: Appeal to High Court on question of law
303: Orders of the High Court
305: Additional appeals on questions of law
310: Scope and effect of declaration
312: Notification of application
314: Scope of enforcement order
315: Compliance with enforcement order
317: Notification of application
319: Decision on application
321: Change or cancellation of enforcement order
322: Scope of abatement notice
323: Compliance with abatement notice
325: Appeals
325A: Cancellation of abatement notice
326: Meaning of excessive noise
328: Compliance with an excessive noise direction
330A: Resource consents for emergency works
330B: Emergency works under Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002
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
345: Purpose and principles
349: Compliance with policy directions
353: Notices and consents in relation to Maori land
355AB: Application for renewals
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
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
382: Existing direction deemed to be excessive noise direction
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
384A: Right of port companies to occupy coastal marine area
388: Requirement to supply information
389: Existing applications
390: Application being heard
390B: Date on which application deemed to be made
390C: Dealing with applications for permissions
390D: Timing for renewals
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
398: Regional councils not to accept applications for coastal permits in areas notified by Minister of Fisheries
399: Applications received on same day
401: Conditions of deemed resource consents
402: Existing subdivision approvals
403: Existing objections and appeals in relation to subdivisions
404: Existing applications for approval
405: Transitional provisions for subdivisions
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
411: Restriction on imposition of conditions as to financial contributions
412: Expiry of certain sections
414: Deemed permits to be subject to regional rules
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
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
428: Environment Court
431: Obligation to prepare draft New Zealand coastal policy statement within 1 year
432: Obligation to prepare regional policy statements and coastal plans within 2 years
Schedule 1: Preparation, change, and review of policy statements and plans
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 1AA: Incorporation of documents by reference in national environmental standards, national policy statements, and New Zealand coastal policy statements
Schedule 2: Matters that may be provided for in policy statements and plans
88D: Excluded time periods relating to direct referral
89A: Applications affecting navigation to be referred to Maritime New Zealand
95A: Public 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
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
149D: Minister may instruct EPA to delay giving public notice pending application for additional consents
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
149K: How members appointed
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
149S: Minister may extend time by which board must 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
149ZB: How EPA must deal with certain applications and notices of requirement
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
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
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
308B: Limit on making submissions
308C: Limit on representation at appeals
308D: Limit on appealing under this Act
308G: Declaration that Part contravened
308H: Costs orders if declaration made
Schedule 12: Transitional, savings, and related provisions
30A: National multiple-use approval establishes compliance with building code
30B: How to apply for national multiple-use approval
30E: Processing application for national multiple-use approval
45A: Minor variations to building consents
45B: Changes to plans and specifications that have national multiple-use approval
4: Principles to be applied in performing functions or duties, or exercising powers, under this Act
13: Role of regional authority
14: Roles of building consent authorities, territorial authorities, and regional authorities in relation to dams
32: Owner may apply for project information memorandum
33: Content of application
35: Content of project information memorandum
36: Territorial authority may issue development contribution notice
37: Territorial authority must issue certificate if resource consent required
39: Territorial authority must advise Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga in certain circumstances
45: How to apply for building consent
49: Grant of building consent
51: Issue of building consent
71: Building on land subject to natural hazards
72: Building consent for building on land subject to natural hazards must be granted in certain cases
73: Conditions on building consents granted under section 72
113: Buildings with specified intended lives
114: Owner must give notice of change of use, extension of life, or subdivision of buildings
115: Code compliance requirements: change of use
131: Territorial authority must adopt policy on dangerous and insanitary buildings
135: Owner must provide classification of, and certificate for, dam to regional authority
136: Regional authority must decide whether to approve or refuse dam classification
137: Dam classification provided to regional authority by accredited dam owner deemed to have been approved
138: Regional authority must require re-audit of dam classification that it refuses to approve
145: Regional authority must require re-audit of dam safety assurance programme that it refuses to approve
146: Review of dam safety assurance programme
151: Register of dams
157: Measures to avoid immediate danger
160: Power of regional authority not limited
161: Regional authority must adopt policy on dangerous dams, earthquake-prone dams, and flood-prone dams
162: Adoption and review of policy
218: Territorial authority must provide information to chief executive for purpose of facilitating performance of chief executive's function under sections 169 and 169A
450: When territorial authority may and must act as building consent authority during transition to this Act
261B: Secretary must make rules specifying performance measures
9: Transitional, savings, and related provisions
144A: EPA to advise and make recommendations to Minister in relation to call-in
165B: Relationship of Part with rest of Act
165Y: Grant of authorisation
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
165ZFA: Ministerial power to direct applications to be processed and heard together
165ZFB: Application of sections 165ZFC to 165ZFH
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
165ZFH: Effect of requirement that applications be processed and heard together on lodgement of applications with EPA
165ZM: Other provisions of Act apply subject to this subpart
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
360C: Regional council's obligations
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
133B: Measurement of dams
133C: Obligation to notify regional authority of classifiable or referable dam and change of ownership
134A: Regional authority may require owner to classify referable dam
134BA: Classification of dams that are canals
148A: Dam safety assurance programme for dams that are canals
148B: Dam safety assurance programme for 2 or more dams forming single reservoir
153B: Owner must notify regional authority of dangerous dam
101B: Infrastructure strategy
197AA: Purpose of development contributions
207D: Effect of development agreement
207E: Restrictions on use of development agreement
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
230: Relationship between regulations relating to hazardous substances under this Act and Resource Management Act 1991
3B: Transitional, savings, and related provisions
18A: Procedural principles
36AAA: Criteria for fixing 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
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
58R: Contents of Mana Whakahono a Rohe
58T: Review and monitoring
58U: Relationship with iwi participation legislation
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
277A: Powers of Environment Court in relation to evidence heard on appeal by way of rehearing
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
133AT: Alterations to buildings subject to EPB notice
133AB: Meaning of earthquake-prone building
133AV: Chief executive must set methodology for identifying earthquake-prone buildings (EPB methodology)
401C: Regulations: earthquake-prone buildings
133AA: Buildings to which this subpart applies
133AC: Meaning of earthquake rating
133AG: Territorial authority must identify potentially earthquake-prone buildings
133AF: Role of territorial authority in identifying certain priority buildings
2AB: Meaning of public notice
41D: Striking out submissions
87AAB: Meaning of boundary activity and related terms
87AAC: Meaning of fast-track application
87AAD: Overview of application of this Part to boundary activities and fast-track applications
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
149ZCA: Application of sections 149ZCB to 149ZCF
149ZCB: Public notification of application or notice at Minister's discretion
149ZCD: Public notification of application or notice after request for further information
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)
360G: Regulations relating to fast-track applications
360H: Regulations relating to notification of consent applications
123B: Buildings in areas designated under subpart 6B
133BJ: Responsible persons may exercise powers under this subpart
133BV: Urgent works to remove or reduce risks
133BY: Resource consent not required for certain works
133BZA: Application of subparts 6, 6A, and 7 in designated areas
153AA: Buildings in areas designated under subpart 6B
2AC: Availability of documents
39AA: Hearing using remote access facilities
343F: Enforcement functions of EPA
343G: Intervention by EPA
88I: Excluded time periods under Urban Development Act 2020
180A: When financial responsibility is transferred to responsible SPV
88G: Exclusion of period when processing of non-notified application suspended
88H: Excluded time periods relating to non-payment of administrative charges
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
104G: Consideration of activities affecting drinking water supply source water
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
77K: Alternative process for existing qualifying matters
77L: Further requirement about application of section 77I(j)
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
77R: Further requirements about application of section 77O(j)
77S: Amendment of NPS-UD
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
Schedule 3B: Policies 3, 4, and 5 of National Policy Statement on Urban Development 2020 (as amended by section 77S(1) of the Act)
330C: Modification of requirements in section 330B for activities undertaken in affected areas
6A: Meaning of NZTA land
79A: Local authority not required to commence full plan review after Natural and Built Environment Act 2023 receives Royal assent
33: Transfer of powers
42AA: Provision of relevant information to post-settlement governance entity
87AAE: Other fast-track consenting process
165ZFHB: Application of subpart
165ZFHG: Decision to operate under replacement permit
165ZFHL: Process applying to review
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