Section 46 — Resource Management Act 1991: Proposed national policy statement

46 Proposed national policy statement If the Minister considers it desirable to issue a national policy statement, the Minister must— (a) seek and consider comments from the relevant iwi authorities and the persons and organisations that the Minister considers appropriate; and (b) then prepare a proposed national policy statement. Sections 46 and 47 were substituted, as from 20 May 2003, by section 20 Resource Management Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 23). See sections 109 to 113 of that Act as to the transitional and savings provisions. Paragraph (a) was amended, as from 10 August 2005, by section 31 Resource Management Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 87) by inserting the words “ the relevant iwi authorities and ” after the words “ comments from ” . See sections 131 to 135 of that Act as to the transitional provisions.