New Zealand Legislation: Acts
Acts are laws made by Parliament
A regional council must, when preparing a statement of proposal to adopt a regional public transport plan and before adopting a regional public transport plan,—
(a) be satisfied that the plan contributes to each of the following:
(i) assisting economic development:
(ii) assisting safety and personal security:
(iii) improving access and mobility:
(iv) protecting and promoting public health:
(v) ensuring environmental sustainability; and
(b) take into account—
(i) the relevant GPS: and
(ii) any current national land transport strategy and national energy efficiency and conservation strategy (within the meaning of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Act 2000); and
(iii) any guidelines issued by the Agency under the Land Transport Management Act 2003 for the purposes of developing regional public transport plans; and
(iv) any relevant regional policy statement, regional plan, district plan, or proposed regional plan or district plan under the Resource Management Act 1991; and
(v) the public transport funding likely to be available within the region; and
(vi) the need to obtain the best value for money, having regard to the desirability of encouraging fair competition and a competitive and efficient market for public transport services; and
(vii) the views of public transport operators in the region; and
(c) consider the needs of persons who are transport disadvantaged.
