Section 96 — Resource Management Act 1991: Making of submissions

96 Making of submissions (1) The following persons may make submissions to a consent authority about an application for a resource consent: (a) if the application is publicly notified in accordance with section 93 or section 94C , any person: (b) if notice of the application is served under section 94(1) , any person served with the notice of the application. (2) A submission must be in the prescribed form and served on the local authority. (3) A submission may state whether it is in support of, or in opposition to, the application or is neutral. (4) A person who makes a submission shall serve a copy of it on the applicant as soon as reasonably practicable after serving the submission on the consent authority. Subsections (1) and (2) were substituted, as from 1 August 2003, by section 42 Resource Management Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 23). See sections 109 to 113 of that Act as to the transitional and savings provisions. Subsection (3) was amended, as from 10 August 2005, by section 55 Resource Management Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 87) by adding the words “ or is neutral ” . See sections 131 to 135 of that Act as to the transitional provisions.