Section 150B — Resource Management Act 1991: Moratorium

150B Moratorium (1) Subsection (2) applies to— (a) an application that requires notification if it was made to a consent authority before the moratorium and the consent authority had not, before the moratorium, notified the application: (b) an application that does not require notification if— (i) it was made to a consent authority before the moratorium; and (ii) the consent authority had not, before the moratorium, decided not to notify the application under section 94 . (2) The consent authority must not process or determine the application until the moratorium has expired in relation to the area that the application relates to. (3) Subsection (4) applies if an application is made to a consent authority during the moratorium. (4) The consent authority— (a) must not process the application; and (b) must not determine the application; and (c) must return the application, and any fee accompanying it, to the applicant as soon as practicable. (5) This section does not apply to an application if— (a) the application relates to a coastal marine area that, immediately before the moratorium, was subject to— (i) a coastal permit; or (ii) a marine farming lease or licence under the Marine Farming Act 1971; and (b) the application is for a new coastal permit for the same activities in the same area. Part 6A (comprising sections 150A to 150F) was inserted, as from 26 March 2002, by section 9 Resource Management (Aquaculture Moratorium) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 5).