Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Act 2009

• Jurisdiction: New Zealand
• Citation: 2009 No 31
• Reference: 2009 No 31
• Record Number: DLM2218400
• Act Number: 31
• Type of Document: Act

Contenidos

• Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Act 2009
• Contents
• 1 Title
• 2 Commencement
• 3 Principal Act amended
• Part 1
• 4 Interpretation
• 5 New section 2AA inserted
• 2AA Definitions relating to notification
• 6 Act to bind the Crown
• 7 New section 9 substituted
• 9 Restrictions on use of land
• 8 Certain existing uses in relation to land protected
• 9 Certain existing activities allowed
• 10 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
• 14 Restrictions relating to water
• 15 Discharge of contaminants into environment
• 16 Duty to avoid unreasonable noise
• 17 Duty to avoid, remedy, or mitigate adverse effects
• 18 Sections 19 and 20 and heading above section 19 repealed
• 19 New heading inserted
• 20 Certain existing lawful activities allowed
• 21 New section 22 substituted
• 22 Duty to give certain information
• 22 Functions of Minister for the Environment
• 23 Power of Minister for the Environment to investigate and make recommendations
• 24 New section 25B inserted
• 25B Ministers may direct commencement of review
• 25 Functions of Minister of Conservation
• 26 New section 28A substituted
• 28A Regional council must supply information to Minister of Conservation
• 27 Delegation of functions by Ministers
• 28 Delegation of powers and functions to employees and other persons
• 29 Duty to gather information, monitor, and keep records
• 30 Duty to keep records about iwi and hapu
• 31 Administrative charges
• 32 New section 36AA inserted
• 36AA Local authority policy on discounting administrative charges
• 33 Requirements for waivers and extensions
• 34 Persons to have powers of consent authority for purposes of sections 37 and 37A
• 35 Authorisation and responsibilities of enforcement officers
• 36 Hearings to be public and without unnecessary formality
• 37 Directions to provide evidence within time limits
• 38 Directions and requests before or at hearings
• 39 Protection of sensitive information
• 40 Reports to local authority
• 41 New Part 4A inserted
• Part 4A
• 42 New sections 43AA to 43AAC inserted
• 43AA Interpretation
• 43AAB Meaning of district rule and regional rule
• 43AAC Meaning of proposed plan
• 43 Additional powers to implement national environmental standards
• 44 Relationship between national environmental standards and rules or consents
• 45 New sections 44 and 44A substituted
• 44 Restriction on power to make national environmental standards
• 44A Local authority recognition of national environmental standards
• 46 Minister chooses process
• 47 Board of inquiry
• 48 New section 47A inserted
• 47A Board of inquiry to suspend consideration or consider additional material
• 49 Conduct of hearing
• 50 Matters to be considered and board of inquiry's report
• 51 New section 51A inserted
• 51A Withdrawal of proposed national policy statement
• 52 Consideration of recommendations and approval of statement
• 53 Local authority recognition of national policy statements
• 54 Contents of New Zealand coastal policy statements
• 55 Matters to be considered by regional council (policy statements)
• 56 Matters to be considered by regional council (plans)
• 57 Regional rules
• 58 Matters to be considered by territorial authority
• 59 District rules
• 60 New sections 77A and 77B substituted
• 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
• 61 Section 77C repealed
• 62 New section 77D substituted
• 77D Rules specifying activities for which consent applications must be notified or are precluded from being notified
• 63 Section 78A repealed
• 64 New section 79 substituted
• 79 Review of policy statements and plans
• 65 Circumstance when further review required
• 66 New section 80 substituted
• 80 Combined regional and district documents
• 67 Disputes
• 68 New heading and sections 86A to 86G inserted
• 86A Purpose of sections 86B to 86G
• 86B When rules in proposed plans and changes 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
• 69 New sections 87A to 87I inserted
• 87A Classes of activities
• 87B Certain activities to be treated as discretionary activities or prohibited activities
• 87C Sections 87D to 87I apply to...