New Zealand Legislation: Bills

8 Validity of regional public transport plans not affected by certain events

• The validity of a regional public transport plan is not affected by—

  • (a) a change made to, or renewal of, the approval or variation of a regional land transport strategy; or

  • (b) the failure of a regional council to complete the renewal of—

    • (i) a regional land transport strategy within the time required by section 176(1)(b) of the Land Transport Act 1998; or

    • (ii) the regional public transport plan within the time required by section 16(1)(b); or

  • (b) a failure by a regional council (or in the case of the Auckland region, the Auckland Regional Council) to approve a regional land transport strategy within the time required by section 74 of the Land Transport Management Act 2005; or

  • (ba) the failure of a regional council to complete the review of the regional public transport plan within the time required by section 18(1)(b); or

  • (c) the inclusion of any matter that—

    • (i) is not referred to in a regional land transport strategy; and

    • (ii) is not inconsistent with a provision in that strategy.