New Zealand Acts

URBAN DEVELOPMENT ACT 2020 - SECT 7

7 Overview of provisions about specified development projects

1 Part 2 provides for—

a) how an urban development project is established as a specified development project (see subpart 1 of Part 2 and, for the definition of urban development project, section 10(3) ); and

b) once the project is established, the project’s development plan to be prepared and approved (see subpart 2 of Part 2 ).

2 Most of the functions, powers, rights, and duties set out in Parts 3 and 4 are available to Kāinga Ora only after a project’s development plan becomes operative. Broadly, they relate to—

a) resource consenting and designations under the Resource Management Act 1991 (see subpart 2 of Part 3 ):

b) the use and reconfiguration of reserves, and the use of land that is subject to conservation interests (see subpart 3 of Part 3 ):

c) certain infrastructure (roads, water supply, wastewater, and drainage) and the changing of related bylaws (see subpart 4 of Part 3 ):

d) rating and other funding powers (see Part 4 ).

3 Most of subpart 1 of Part 3 deals with the period that starts on the establishment date for a specified development project and ends when the project’s development plan becomes operative (referred to in this Act as the
"transitional period" ).

4 See also —

a) section 48(1) for an overview of the effect of a specified development project being established; and

b) section 86 as to the effect of a development plan becoming operative.

History: Section 7(2)(a): amended, on 23 December 2023, by section 6 of the Resource Management (Natural and Built Environment and Spatial Planning Repeal and Interim Fast-track Consenting) Act 2023 (2023 No 68).