Section 89 — Resource Management Act 1991: Applications to territorial authorities for resource consents where land is in the coastal marine area

89 Applications to territorial authorities for resource consents where land is in the coastal marine area (1) Where an application for a subdivision consent is made to a territorial authority and any part, or all, of the land proposed to be subdivided is in the coastal marine area, the territorial authority shall decide the application as if the whole of that land were part of the district, and the provisions of this Act shall apply accordingly. (2) Where— (a) An application is made to a territorial authority for a resource consent for an activity which an applicant intends to undertake within the district of that authority once the proposed location of the activity has been reclaimed; and (b) On the date the application is made the proposed location of the activity is still within the coastal marine area,— then the authority may hear and decide the application as if the application related to an activity within its district, and the provisions of this Act shall apply accordingly. (3) Section 116(2) shall apply to every resource consent that is granted in accordance with subsection (2) . Subsection (1) was amended, as from 7 July 1993, by section 45 Resource Management Amendment Act 1993 (1993 No 65) by inserting the words “ , or all, ” and by substituting the word “ shall ” for the words “ may hear and ” .