Section 367 — Resource Management Act 1991: Effect of regional planning schemes

367 Effect of regional planning schemes (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) , every regional council and territorial authority, in carrying out any of its functions described in sections 30 and 31 , shall have regard to the provisions of a regional planning scheme approved under section 24 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1977 in respect of the region or district immediately before the date of commencement of this Act, to the extent that those provisions are not inconsistent with Part 2 . (2) Subsection (1) shall cease to apply to a regional council or territorial authority once there is, in respect of the relevant region or district,— (a) A proposed regional policy statement; and (b) In the case of a region which includes a coastal marine area, an operative regional coastal plan (other than a regional coastal plan deemed to be constituted under section 370(1) ) in respect of the coastal marine area.