Land Transport Management Act 2003 No 118 (as at 01 January 2009), Public Act

13 Responsibility for preparing and approving regional land transport programmes
  • (1) Every 3 financial years, each regional council, in the case of every region except the Auckland Region, must—

    • (a) ensure that the relevant regional transport committee prepares, on the regional council’s behalf, a regional land transport programme; and

    • (b) approve the regional land transport programme by a date appointed by the Agency.

    (2) Every 3 financial years, ARTA (in the case of the Auckland Region) must—

    • (a) prepare an Auckland regional land transport programme; and

    • (b) approve the Auckland regional land transport programme by a date appointed by the Agency.

    (3) Before ARTA prepares an Auckland regional land transport programme, ARTA must consult with the Auckland regional transport committee about—

    • (a) ARTA's proposed areas of focus for the programme; and

    • (b) the process ARTA intends to use in preparing the programme.

    (4) A regional council or regional transport committee may—

    • (a) prepare and approve a regional land transport programme at the same time as it prepares and approves a regional land transport strategy; and

    • (b) use a single consultation process that complies with sections 18, 18A, and 78 when preparing its programme and strategy.

    (5) A regional council may publish a regional land transport programme and a regional land transport strategy as a single document.

    Section 13: substituted, on 1 August 2008, by section 16 of the Land Transport Management Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 47).