Section 149 — Resource Management Act 1991: Board to produce final report

149 Board to produce final report (1) As soon as practicable after the 20 working days referred to in section 148(4) , the board of inquiry must— (a) consider any comments received; and (b) make its decision; and (c) produce a written report. (2) The report— (a) must state the board's decision; and (b) must give reasons for the decision; and (c) must include the principal issues; and (d) must include the findings of fact; and (e) may recommend that changes be made to a plan, regional policy statement, national policy statement, or New Zealand coastal policy statement in addition to any changes that may result from the implementation of the decision; and (f) may recommend that a national policy statement or a New Zealand coastal policy statement be issued or revoked, in addition to any action that may result from the implementation of the decision. (3) The board must send a copy of the report to— (a) the applicants to whom the report relates; and (b) the local authority that received the matter; and (c) any other relevant local authorities; and (d) the persons who made submissions; and (e) the Minister of Conservation, if the report relates to the functions of the Minister; and (f) the Minister. (4) The board must— (a) publish the report; and (b) give public notice of where and how copies of it can be obtained. (5) If the board decides that a plan must be changed, the relevant local authority must deal with the decision under clause 16 of Schedule 1 as if the decision were a direction of the Environment Court. Sections 148 and 149 were substituted, as from 10 August 2005, by section 81 Resource Management Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 87). See sections 131 to 135 of that Act as to the transitional provisions.