Section 19 — Resource Management Act 1991: Certain rules in proposed plans to be operative

19 Certain rules in proposed plans to be operative (1) A rule in a proposed plan is to be treated as if it is operative and any previous rule is inoperative if the time for making submissions or lodging appeals on the rule has expired and— (a) no submissions in opposition have been made or appeals have been lodged; or (b) all submissions in opposition and appeals have been determined; or (c) all submissions in opposition have been withdrawn and all appeals withdrawn or dismissed. (2) Every reference in this Act or in regulations to a plan or an operative plan is to be treated as including a rule in a proposed plan that is operative in accordance with subsection (1) . Subsection (1)(b)(ii) was amended, as from 2 September 1996, by section 5(1) Resource Management Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 160) by inserting the words “ or rejected ” . Subsection (2) was inserted, as from 2 September 1996, by section 5(2) Resource Management Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 160). Sections 19 to 20A were substituted, as from 1 August 2003, by section 8 Resource Management Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 23). See sections 109 to 113 of that Act as to the transitional and savings provisions.