Section 25A — Resource Management Act 1991: Minister may direct preparation of plan, change, or variation

25A Minister may direct preparation of plan, change, or variation (1) The Minister for the Environment— (a) may direct a regional council— (i) to prepare a regional plan that addresses a resource management issue relating to a function in section 30 ; or (ii) to prepare a change to its regional plan that addresses the issue; or (iii) to prepare a variation to its proposed regional plan that addresses the issue; and (b) may direct the council, in preparing the plan, change, or variation, to deal with the whole or a specified part of the council's region; and (c) must, in giving a direction, specify a reasonable period within which the plan, change, or variation must be notified. (2) The Minister— (a) may direct a territorial authority— (i) to prepare a change to its district plan that addresses a resource management issue relating to a function in section 31 ; or (ii) to prepare a variation to its proposed district plan that addresses the issue; and (b) must, in giving a direction, specify a reasonable period within which the change or variation must be notified. Section 25A was inserted, as from 10 August 2005, by section 8 Resource Management Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 87). See sections 131 to 135 of that Act as to the transitional provisions.