Section 81 — Resource Management Act 1991: Boundary adjustments

81 Boundary adjustments (1) Where the boundaries of any region or district are altered, and any area comes within the jurisdiction of a different local authority,— (a) The plan or proposed plan that applied to the area before the alteration of the boundaries shall continue to apply to that area and shall, in so far as it applies to the area, be deemed to be part of the plan or proposed plan of the different local authority: (b) Any activity that may, before the alteration of the boundaries, have been undertaken under section 19 may continue to be undertaken as if the alteration of the boundaries had not taken place. (2) Where the boundaries of any district are altered so as to include within that district any area not previously within the boundaries of any other district, no person may use that land (as defined in section 9 ) unless expressly allowed by a resource consent, until a district plan provides otherwise. (3) A territorial authority shall, as soon as practicable but within 2 years, make such changes to its district plans as it considers necessary to cover any area that comes within its jurisdiction, and, after the changes are made, this section shall cease to apply. Subsection (1)(b) was amended, as from 1 August 2003, by section 95 Resource Management Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 23) by omitting the words “ (changes to plans which will allow activities) ” . See sections 109 to 113 of that Act as to the transitional and savings provisions.