New Zealand Legislation: Acts
Acts are laws made by Parliament
Reprint as at 6 August 2010
| Public Act | 2008 No 67 |
| Date of assent | 16 September 2008 |
| Commencement | see section 2 |
Affordable Housing: Enabling Territorial Authorities Act 2008: repealed, on 6 August 2010, by section 3 of the Affordable Housing: Enabling Territorial Authorities Act Repeal Act 2010 (2010 No 101).
Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this reprint.
A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this reprint, together with other explanatory material about this reprint.
This Act is administered by the Housing New Zealand Corporation.
6 What this Act does about affordable housing and social housing
Territorial authority may assess need for affordable housing
What must be covered in affordable housing policy
10 Criteria for application of policy to development
11 Actions required of persons doing developments
12 Actions required of territorial authorities
How affordable housing policy is made and updated
16 Making, reviewing, and amending policy
Territorial authority must communicate policy
17 Telling public about adoption of policy
18 Telling applicants for consents about policy
19 Telling affected persons about decision that policy applies
20 Telling affected persons about decisions on sections 11 to 14 matters
22 Objections made to territorial authority
23 Appeals made to Environment Court
24 Effect on affordable housing policy of objections and appeals
Implementing affordable housing policy
25 Binding commitments may be required
Relationship with Resource Management Act 1991
29 Environment Court to decide
Part 2
Amendments to other enactments
35 Amendments to Building Act 2004
36 Amendments to Goods and Services Tax Act 1985
37 Amendments to Housing Corporation Act 1974
