Ngati Porou Claims Settlement Bill

50 Recording statutory acknowledgement on statutory plans

• (1) On and from the effective date, each relevant consent authority must attach information recording the statutory acknowledgement to all statutory plans that wholly or partly cover a statutory area.

  (2) The information attached to a statutory plan must include the relevant provisions of sections 45 to 49 in full, the descriptions of the statutory areas, and any statements of association for the statutory area.

  (3) The attachment of information to a statutory plan under this section is for the purpose of public information only, and the information is not—

  • (a) part of the statutory plan, unless adopted by the relevant consent authority; or

  • (b) subject to the provisions of Schedule 1 of the Resource Management Act 1991, unless adopted as part of the statutory plan.