New Zealand Acts

URBAN DEVELOPMENT ACT 2020 - SECT 34

34 Project areas that include specified conservation-related area

1 This section applies if the proposed project area for a project includes any specified conservation-related area.

2 The Minister of Conservation must approve—

a) the specified conservation-related area being included within the proposed project area; and

b) the proposed project objectives, to the extent that they relate to or affect the specified conservation-related area.

3 On receipt of written request for approval from Kāinga Ora, the Minister of Conservation—

a) must consider the proposed project area and the proposed project objectives; and

b) may require changes to the proposed project area, or to how the proposed project objectives relate to or affect the specified conservation-related area, as a condition of giving approval; but

c) must make a decision on giving approval, and give written notice of the decision to Kāinga Ora, not later than 20 working days after receipt of the written request.

4 In making a decision under subsection (3), the Minister of Conservation must have regard to the purposes for which the specified conservation-related area is presently held.

5 Kāinga Ora must not give the public notice referred to in section 35 before obtaining the Minister of Conservation’s approval under this section.