Resource Management Act 1991

165E Applications in relation to aquaculture settlement areas

• (1) No person may apply for a coastal permit authorising occupation of space in an aquaculture settlement area (within the meaning of the Maori Commercial Aquaculture Claims Settlement Act 2004), for the purpose of aquaculture activities, unless the person is a holder of an authorisation that—

  • (a) relates to that space and activity; and

  • (b) was provided to the trustee under section 13 of that Act.

  (2) A consent authority may grant a coastal permit authorising any other activity in an aquaculture settlement area, but only—

  • (a) to the extent that that activity is compatible with aquaculture activities; and

  • (b) after consultation with the trustee and iwi in the region.

  (3) Subsection (1) does not affect any application received by a consent authority—

  • (a) after 1 January 2005; but

  • (b) before the space became an aquaculture settlement area.

  (4) In subsection (2)(b), iwi has the same meaning as in the Maori Fisheries Act 2004.

  Section 165E: replaced, on 1 October 2011, by section 49 of the Resource Management Amendment Act (No 2) 2011 (2011 No 70).