Section 222 — Resource Management Act 1991: Completion certificates

222 Completion certificates (1) Where under this Part, compliance with a condition of a subdivision consent is dependent on the completion by the owner of any work required by the territorial authority or on the making of a financial contribution (as defined in section 108(9) ), the territorial authority may, for the purposes of section 224 , issue a certificate to the effect that the owner has entered into a bond binding the owner to carry out and complete the work or make the financial contribution (as the case may be) to the satisfaction of the territorial authority within such period as the territorial authority may specify. (2) The territorial authority may from time to time extend any period specified by it under subsection (1) , but any such extension shall not affect any security given for the performance of the bond. (3) The territorial authority may exercise all of the powers conferred upon a consent authority by section 108A as if the bond entered into under this section had been required as a condition of a subdivision consent. (4) The provisions of section 109 shall apply as if the bond entered into under this section had been required as a condition of a subdivision consent. (5) In this section, the term work includes anything, whether in the nature of works or otherwise, required by the territorial authority to be done by the owner as a condition of a subdivision consent; but does not include contributions of money or land (including esplanade reserves and esplanade strips) as a condition of a subdivision consent. Subsection (1) was amended, as from 17 December 1997, by section 40 Resource Management Amendment Act 1997 (1997 No 104) by inserting the words “ or on the making of a financial contribution (as defined in section 108(9)) ” and the words “ or make the financial contribution (as the case may be) ” . See section 78 of that Act as to the transitional provisions. Subsection (3) was amended, as from 1 August 2003, by section 95 Resource Management Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 23) by substituting the expression “ 108A ” for the expression “ 108(6) ” . See sections 109 to 113 of that Act as to the transitional and savings provisions. Subsection (5) was amended, as from 7 July 1993, by section 117 Resource Management Amendment Act 1993 (1993 No 65) by substituting the words “ contributions of money or land (including esplanade reserves and esplanade strips) ” for the words “ the making of financial contributions (whether in land or money) ” .