Section 165C — Resource Management Act 1991: Provisions about aquaculture management areas

165C Provisions about aquaculture management areas (1) A regional coastal plan or proposed regional coastal plan— (a) may provide for 1 or more aquaculture management areas in a coastal marine area; and (b) may provide for 1 or more aquaculture management areas in a coastal marine area for the express purpose of providing for the allocation of space to the trustee under section 9 of the Maori Commercial Aquaculture Claims Settlement Act 2004 ; and (c) in relation to an aquaculture management area, may— (i) specify the aquaculture activities that may be undertaken; and (ii) specify other activities involving occupation that may be undertaken; and (iii) specify that no application (other than under an authorisation) can be made for a coastal permit to occupy space in an aquaculture management area before a date to be specified in a public notice; and (iv) provide that the consent authority may process and hear together applications for coastal permits for the occupation of— (A) the same space in a coastal marine area; or (B) different spaces in a coastal marine area that are in close proximity to each other; and (v) specify limits on— (A) the character, intensity, or scale of activities associated with occupation of space or the aquaculture management area generally; and (B) the size of space that may be the subject of a coastal permit granted for the purposes of section 12(2) and the proportion of an aquaculture management area that may be occupied for the purpose of specified activities; and (vi) provide for the management of competition for the occupation of space vested in the Crown or a regional council in an aquaculture management area. (2) A regional coastal plan or proposed regional coastal plan that provides for an aquaculture management area must include provisions to ensure that an aquaculture management area is principally for aquaculture activities. (3) A regional coastal plan or proposed regional coastal plan that provides for an aquaculture management area under subsection (1)(b) must provide that authorisations are to be allocated to the trustee only when and to the extent required by section 9 of the Maori Commercial Aquaculture Claims Settlement Act 2004 . (4) A regional coastal plan or proposed regional coastal plan that provides for aquaculture management areas must be prepared in the manner set out in Schedule 1A . (5) [Repealed] Part 7A (comprising sections 165A to 165ZJ) was inserted, as from 1 January 2005, by section 20 Resource Management Amendment Act (No 2) 2004 (2004 No 103). Section 165C(5): repealed, on 28 September 2008, by section 11 of the Resource Management Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 95).