Section 165ZA — Resource Management Act 1991: Adoption of request or part of request for change, and combining requests

165ZA Adoption of request or part of request for change, and combining requests (1) When considering a request under clause 25 of Schedule 1, the regional council may adopt a request or part of a request under clause 25(2)(a) of Schedule 1 and combine it with any other request or part of a request for a change to a plan or proposed plan to establish an aquaculture management area if, in the council's opinion, combining requests is likely to assist the council— (a) in allocating space of an economic size to the trustee under section 9 of the Maori Commercial Aquaculture Claims Settlement Act 2004 ; or (b) to address more effectively the cumulative effects of aquaculture activities in the areas the requests relate to; or (c) in planning more effectively for aquaculture activities. (2) A regional council may amend a request adopted under subsection (1) by increasing the amount of available space provided for in the part of the region the request relates to. (3) If the regional council adopts a request and combines it with any other request or amends the request under subsection (2) ,— (a) the council must specify that part of the available space in the aquaculture management area out of which a person who requested a change is to receive an authorisation under section 165ZF , being 80% of the available space requested by the person; and (b) the council may fix a charge under section 36(a) payable by each person who requested a change recognising the proportion of the available space to which the person's request relates. 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).