New Zealand Legislation: Acts

18D Variation of regional land transport programmes

• (1) If good reason exists to do so, a regional transport committee or ARTA may prepare a variation to its regional land transport programme during the 3 years to which it applies.

  (2) A variation may be prepared by a regional transport committee—

  • (a) at the request of an approved organisation or the Agency; or

  • (b) on the regional transport committee’s own motion.

  (3) A variation may be prepared by ARTA—

  • (a) at the request of the Agency; or

  • (b) on ARTA’s own motion.

  (4) The regional transport committee or ARTA must consider any variation request promptly.

  (5) The provisions of this Act that apply to the preparation of a regional land transport programme apply with the necessary modifications to a variation of a regional land transport programme; however, consultation is not required for any variation that—

  • (a) is not significant; or

  • (b) arises from the declaration or revocation of a State highway.

  (6) Section 18B applies, with the necessary modifications, to the approval by a regional council or ARTA of a variation of a regional land transport programme.

  (7) The Agency must consider promptly whether to vary the national land transport programme after receiving a varied regional land transport programme forwarded to it by a regional council or ARTA.

  (8) A variation of a regional land transport programme does not create an obligation on the Agency to vary the national land transport programme, but the Agency must give written reasons for any decision not to do so.

  (9) This section does not apply if section 18E applies.

  Section 18D: inserted, on 1 August 2008, by section 16 of the Land Transport Management Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 47).