Section 377 — Resource Management Act 1991: Obligation to review transitional plans

377 Obligation to review transitional plans (1) A local authority shall review a plan constituted under this Part and, subject to subsection (2) , section 79 shall apply to such review. (2) Where the plan includes any provisions of— (a) A district scheme or combined scheme or a maritime planning scheme, section 79 shall apply to a review of that plan under subsection (1) as if the reference in section 79(1) and (2) to the tenth year after the plan became operative were a reference to the date upon which that scheme would have been due for review under section 59 or section 109(3) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1977 if this Act had not been enacted: (b) Two or more district schemes or combined schemes or maritime planning schemes, section 79 shall apply to a review of that plan under subsection (1) as if the reference in section 79(1) and (2) to the tenth year after the plan became operative were a reference to the latest date upon which any of those schemes would have been due for review under section 59 or section 109(3) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1977. (3) Where the plan includes any provisions of a district scheme, combined scheme, maritime planning scheme, or instrument that is deemed to have been completed and made operative under section 378 , section 79 shall apply to a review of that plan under subsection (1) as if the reference in section 79(1) and (2) to the tenth year after the plan became operative were a reference to the fifth year after the provisions of the plan made operative under section 378 became operative. (4) Subsections (1) and (2) are subject to subsection (3) .