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(1) In carrying out the consultation required under section 18, a regional transport committee or ARTA (as the case may require) must—
(a) act in accordance with the consultation principles set out in section 82 of the Local Government Act 2002; and
(b) use the special consultative procedure under sections 83, 87(2)(a), and 89 of the Local Government Act 2002.
(2) A regional transport committee or ARTA complies with subsection (1) if the required consultation on the regional land transport programme is carried out in conjunction with the relevant regional council’s consultation on its long-term council community plan or its annual plan under the Local Government Act 2002.
(3) When consulting under section 18 and this section with respect to its regional land transport programme, ARTA need not consult any organisation or person referred to in section 18 about any activity or combination of activities in its regional land transport programme if an Auckland local authority has already consulted that organisation or person about the activity or combination of activities in the course of preparing that local authority’s current long-term council community plan or annual plan in accordance with the Local Government Act 2002.
Section 18A: inserted, on 1 August 2008, by section 16 of the Land Transport Management Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 47).