Resource Management Amendment Act 1996

1: Short Title and commencement
1: This Act may be cited as the Resource Management Amendment Act 1996, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Resource Management Act 1991
2: This Act shall come into force on the day on which it receives the Royal assent.
2: Interpretation
This section amended section 2(1) proposed plan
3: Successors
This section inserted section 2A
4: Certain existing building works allowed
This section inserted section 10B
5: Changes to plans which will allow activities
Section 5 repealed 1 August 2003 96 Resource Management Amendment Act 2003 See sections 109 to 113
6: Planning Tribunal re-named Environment Court
1: This subsection substituted section 247
2: On and after the commencement of this section, every reference in the principal Act or any other Act or in any rule, regulation, bylaw, judgment, order, contract, agreement, or other document whatsoeverâ€”
a: To the Planning Tribunal shall be read as a reference to the Environment Court:
b: To a Planning Judge shall be read as a reference to an Environment Judge:
c: To a Planning Commissioner or a Deputy Planning Commissioner shall be read, respectively, as a reference to an Environment Commissioner or Deputy Environment Commissioner.
7: Appointment of Environment Judges and alternate Environment Judges
This section amended s 250(3)(a)
8: Eligibility for appointment as Environment Commissioner or Deputy Environment Commissioner
This section inserted s 253(da)
9: Appointment of Environment Commissioner or Deputy Environment Commissioner
This subsection substituted section 254(3) s 254(4)
10: When a Deputy Environment Commissioner may act
This section amended section 255(1)(a)
11: Submitter may be party to proceedings
This section inserted section 271A
12: Successors to parties to proceedings
This section amended section 273
13: Representation at proceedings
This section amended section 274(1)
14: Environment Court has powers of District Court
This section substituted section 278(1)
15: Powers of Environment Commissioner sitting without Environment Judge
This section amended section 280
16: Reply to appeal or request for inquiry
This section substituted section 289
17: Notice of appeal
This section amended section 300(5)
18: New sections (relating to infringement offences) inserted
This section inserted sections 343A to 343D
19: Regulations
This section inserted section 360(1)(ba) (bb)
20: Right of port companies to occupy coastal marine area
This section inserted section 384A(12)
21: Existing geothermal licences and authorisations deemed to be water permits
This section inserted section 387(4)(aa)
22: Uses of lakes and rivers not restricted by
section 9
1: This subsection substituted section 417A(1) s 417A(1A) (1B)
2: The Resource Management (Transitional) Regulations 1994 (SR 1994/34)
23: Certain existing permitted uses may continue
1: This subsection amended section 418
2: This subsection amended section 418
3: This subsection amended section 418
4: The following regulations are hereby revoked:
a: The Resource Management (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 1994 (SR 1994/197)
b: The Resource Management (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 1994, Amendment No 1 (SR 1995/60)
24: Savings as to bylaws
1: This subsection amended section 424
2: This subsection amended section 424
3: Section 202(1) Resource Management Amendment Act 1993
25: Decision of local authority
This section inserted clause 10(2) (3)
26: Notification of decision
This section amended clause 11(1)
27: Merger with proposed policy statement or plan
This section inserted clause 16B(2)
28: Validation
1: Any proposed policy statement or proposed plan, or policy statement or plan, or part thereof, on which a decision has been made, under clause 10
2: Any proposed policy statement or proposed plan, or policy statement or plan, or part thereof, on which a decision has been made, under clause 10
3: For the purposes of subsection (2) clause 10