(1) A local authority must clearly identify any rule in a proposed plan that has legal effect from a date other than the date on which the decision on submissions relating to the rule is made and publicly notified under clause 10(4) of Schedule 1—
(a) at the time the proposed plan is notified under clause 5 of the schedule; or
(b) as soon as practicable after the date is determined, if the rule concerned is the subject of an application under section 86D and the application is not determined before the proposed plan is notified.
(2) A local authority must clearly identify any rule of a type described in section 86B(6) at the time the change containing the rule is publicly notified.
(3) The identification of a rule in a proposed plan or change under subsection (1) or (2)—
(a) does not form part of the proposed plan or change; and
(b) may be removed, without any further authority than this subsection, by the local authority once the plan or change becomes operative in accordance with clause 20 of Schedule 1.
Section 86E: inserted, on 1 October 2009, by section 68 of the Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 31).