New Zealand Legislation: Acts

18H Māori contribution to decision making

• (1) The Agency and approved public organisations must, with respect to funding from the national land transport fund,—

  • (a) establish and maintain processes to provide opportunities for Māori to contribute to the organisation’s land transport decision-making processes; and

  • (b) consider ways in which the organisation may foster the development of Māori capacity to contribute to the organisation’s land transport decision-making processes; and

  • (c) provide relevant information to Māori for the purposes of paragraphs (a) and (b).

  (2) Subsection (1) does not limit the ability of the Agency or an approved public organisation to take similar action in respect of any other population group.

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