COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) Act 2020

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COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) Act 2020

Public Act		2020 No 35
Date of assent		8 July 2020
Commencement		see section 2

1	Title
2	Commencement
	Part 1 Preliminary provisions
3	Repeal of this Act
4	Purpose
5	Overview
6	Treaty of Waitangi
7	Interpretation
8	Transitional, savings, and related provisions
9	Act binds the Crown
10	Procedural principles
11	Electronic service of documents
12	Relationship between this Act and Resource Management Act 1991
13	Appeals and judicial review
	Part 2 Fast-track consenting
	Subpart 1—Projects considered by expert consenting panel
	Listed and referred projects
14	Expert consenting panel considers listed projects and referred projects
15	How expert consenting panel considers projects
	Referral of projects
16	Who makes referral decisions
17	How Minister satisfies obligations under section 6 (Treaty of Waitangi)
18	Criteria for projects that may be referred
19	Whether project helps to achieve purpose of Act
20	Application for referral
21	Process after Minister receives application
22	Minister may request information
23	Decision to decline application for referral
24	Decision to accept application for referral
25	Notice of decisions on application for referral
26	How project is referred
27	Order in Council to refer project to expert consenting panel
	Functions of EPA
28	Functions of EPA
	Subpart 2—Work on infrastructure
29	Work on infrastructure: permitted activities
30	Criteria for work on infrastructure
31	Criteria for permitted activities
32	Activities excluded from being permitted activities
33	Requirements before commencing work on infrastructure
34	Order in Council to add agencies for work on infrastructure
35	Monitoring and enforcement
	Schedule 1 Transitional, savings, and related provisions
	Schedule 2 Listed projects
	Schedule 3 Referred projects: requirements for referral order
	Schedule 4 Work on infrastructure: location requirements, permitted activities, and permitted activity standards
	Schedule 5 Expert consenting panel
	Schedule 6 Applications and decision making for listed projects and referred projects
	Legislative history
	Administrative information

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