Section 165Z — Resource Management Act 1991: Invitation to request change to regional coastal plan or proposed regional coastal plan

165Z Invitation to request change to regional coastal plan or proposed regional coastal plan (1) A regional council may, by public notice, invite any person to request a change to a regional coastal plan or a proposed regional coastal plan to establish an aquaculture management area. (1A) A regional council may give an invitation under subsection (1) only if all the following apply: (a) the council has complied under section 165W with the consultation requirements of clauses 3 to 3B of Schedule 1; and (b) the council has decided whether or not 1 or more excluded areas should be identified in the part of the coastal marine area covered by the invitation; and (c) if the council has decided that 1 or more excluded areas should be identified, it has identified the areas. (2) Part 2 of Schedule 1 and Schedule 1A apply to a request made in response to an invitation under subsection (1) except to the extent modified by sections 165ZA to 165ZF . (3) If the request relates to a proposed regional coastal plan, then Part 2 of Schedule 1 and Schedule 1A apply as if references to a plan were references to a proposed plan. (4) For the purpose of carrying out its functions under subsection (1) and clause 25(1) of Schedule 1, the regional council must establish a process that is fair and reasonable in the circumstances. 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). Subsection (1A) was inserted, as from 10 August 2005, by section 88 Resource Management Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 87). See sections 131 to 135 of that Act as to the transitional provisions.