Section 145 — Resource Management Act 1991: Minister to receive submissions

145 Minister to receive submissions (1) Any person may make a submission to the Minister about any matter to which a direction under section 141C relates, whether or not the person has made a submission to a local authority on the matter. (2) Sections 96(2) , (3) , and (4) and 98 apply, with all necessary modifications, to submissions made under subsection (1) , as if every reference to a consent authority were a reference to the Minister. (3) Every submission on a matter made to a local authority is deemed to have been made to the Minister. (4) The closing date for serving submissions on the Minister is 20 working days after notification of the direction under section 144 . Sections 142 to 147 were substituted, as from 10 August 2005, by section 80 Resource Management Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 87). See sections 131 to 135 of that Act as to the transitional provisions.