Section 91 — Resource Management Act 1991: Deferral pending application for additional consents

91 Deferral pending application for additional consents (1) A consent authority may determine not to proceed with the notification or hearing of an application for a resource consent if it considers on reasonable grounds that— (a) Other resource consents under this Act will also be required in respect of the proposal to which the application relates; and (b) It is appropriate, for the purpose of better understanding the nature of the proposal, that applications for any one or more of those other resource consents be made before proceeding further. (2) Where a consent authority makes a determination under subsection (1) , it shall forthwith notify the applicant of the determination. (3) The applicant may apply to the Environment Court for an order directing that any determination under this section be revoked. The words “ Environment Court ” in subsection (3) were substituted, as from 2 September 1996, for the words “ Planning Tribunal ” pursuant to section 6(2)(a) Resource Management Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 160).