New Zealand Acts

NGĀTI HAUĀ CLAIMS SETTLEMENT ACT 2014 - SECT 148

148 Modifications to component process preparation

1 This section applies to the preparation of—

a) provisions of components of the integrated river management plan to the extent that those provisions apply to the Waikato River within the sub-catchment under section 146 :

b) provisions of components of the Upper Waikato River integrated management plan to the extent that those provisions apply to the Waikato River within the sub-catchment in accordance with Part 2 of the Ngati Tuwharetoa, Raukawa, and Te Arawa Act.

2 The processes in Schedule 7 of the Waikato-Tainui Act and Schedule 5 of the Ngati Tuwharetoa, Raukawa, and Te Arawa Act must be carried out simultaneously as a single co-operative process involving the following parties (the
"contributing parties" ):

a) the Waikato Raupatu River Trust; and

b) the trustees of each Trust referred to in section 6(1) of the Ngati Tuwharetoa, Raukawa, and Te Arawa Act relevant to the particular component; and

c) the department, local authority, or agency relevant to the particular component.

3 References in Schedule 7 of the Waikato-Tainui Act to—

a) the integrated river management plan and the plan are to be read as references to a provision referred to in subsection (1); and

b) the draft plan are to be read as references to a draft provision.

4 In preparing a provision referred to in subsection (1), the contributing parties, after co-operation amongst them, must agree joint provisions that are consistent with both the overarching purpose and provisions of the Waikato-Tainui Act relating to the integrated river management plan and the overarching purpose and provisions of the Ngati Tuwharetoa, Raukawa, and Te Arawa Act relating to the Upper Waikato River integrated management plan.

5 Once the joint provisions are agreed in accordance with this section and section 147 , those provisions must be taken—

a) to be part of the relevant component of the integrated river management plan and to apply to the Waikato River to the extent that it is within the sub-catchment in accordance with the provisions of the Waikato-Tainui Act as if those provisions also apply to the sub-catchment; and

b) to be part of the relevant component of the Upper Waikato River integrated management plan and to apply to the Waikato River to the extent that it is within the sub-catchment in accordance with the provisions of the Ngati Tuwharetoa, Raukawa, and Te Arawa Act.

6 This section and sections 146 and 147 do not affect the preparation of and approval of—

a) components of the integrated river management plan that apply to the Waikato River in accordance with the Waikato-Tainui Act; or

b) components of the Upper Waikato River integrated management plan that apply to the Waikato River outside the sub-catchment in accordance with the Ngati Tuwharetoa, Raukawa, and Te Arawa Act.