Section 431 — Resource Management Act 1991: Obligation to prepare draft New Zealand coastal policy statement within one year

431 Obligation to prepare draft New Zealand coastal policy statement within one year (1) The Minister of Conservation shall, in accordance with this Act and within one year after the date of commencement of this Act, publicly notify a proposed New Zealand coastal policy statement. (2) The Minister of Conservation shall not, if he or she complies with subsection (1) , be in breach of section 57 during the period from the date of commencement of this Act until the New Zealand coastal policy statement becomes operative. Subsection (1) was amended, as from 7 July 1993, by section 207 Resource Management Amendment Act 1993 (1993 No 65) by substituting the word “ proposed ” for the word “ draft ” .