Section 24A — Resource Management Act 1991: Power of Minister for the Environment to investigate and make recommendations

24A Power of Minister for the Environment to investigate and make recommendations The Minister for the Environment may— (a) investigate the exercise or performance by a local authority of any of its functions, powers, or duties under this Act; and (b) make recommendations to the local authority on its exercise or performance of those functions, powers, or duties; and (c) investigate the failure or omission by a local authority to exercise or perform any of its functions, powers, or duties under this Act; and (d) make recommendations to the local authority on its failure or omission to exercise or perform those functions, powers, or duties; and (e) take action under section 25 or section 25A if the local authority's failure or omission to act on a recommendation gives the Minister grounds to take action under 1 or both of those sections. Section 24A was inserted, as from 10 August 2005, by section 7 Resource Management Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 87). See sections 131 to 135 of that Act as to the transitional provisions.