1 Title
Part 1Preliminary provisions
2 Commencement
3 Purpose
4 Interpretation
Part 2Waitaki Catchment Water Allocation Board
5 Establishment of Board
6 Function of Board
7 Powers of Board
8 Membership of Board
9 Minister may arrange for work to be done for, or supply information to, Board
10 Further provisions applying to Board
11 Dissolution of Board
Amendment to Official Information Act 1982
12 Official Information Act 1982 amended
Part 3Regional plan for allocation of water in Waitaki catchment
13 Regional plan for allocation of water
14 Status of regional plan
Other regional plans
15 Other regional plans of Canterbury Regional Council
16 Otago Regional Water Plan
Subpart 1—Development of regional plan
17 Development of regional plan by Board
Matters relevant to the regional plan
18 Application of principal Act to development, contents, and approval of regional plan
Evaluation
19 Evaluation of policies, rules, and other methods
Subpart 2—Procedures
20 Procedures for development and approval of regional plan by Board
21 Information requirements of Board
22 Disclosure of information
23 Submissions
24 Board must hear submissions
25 Effect of regional plan
Approval of regional plan
26 Approval of regional plan by Board
When regional plan becomes operative
27 Operative date
Effect of regional plan developed and approved by Board on existing instruments
28 Effect on regional policy statements and regional plans
Subpart 3—Right of appeal
29 Appeal to High Court on question of law
Part 4Processing of applications
30 Interpretation
Decisions on applications to be made after regional plan developed and approved
31 Consideration and decision on applications deferred
32 Ministerial call-in cancelled
Hearing and decision on applications
33 Powers of local authority in relation to hearing applications
34 Resource Management Amendment Act 2003 applies to applications and notices
35 Resource Management (Energy and Climate Change) Amendment Act 2004 does not apply to applications and notices
Appeals
36 Appeals to be treated as priority fixture
37 Documents to be lodged by local authority with Registrar
38 Conference powers
Schedule 1Further provisions applying in relation to Board
Schedule 2Resource consent applications and notices of requirement for designations to which Part 4 applies
Legislative history
The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows: