Section Sch1-16 — Resource Management Act 1991: Amendment of proposed policy statement or plan

16 Amendment of proposed policy statement or plan (1) A local authority shall make an amendment to its proposed policy statement or plan to give effect to any direction in a national environmental standard or a national policy statement or to any directions of the Environment Court under section 292 . (2) A local authority may make an amendment, without further formality, to its proposed policy statement or plan to alter any information, where such an alteration is of minor effect, or may correct any minor errors. (3) A local authority must make an amendment, without further formality, to its policy statement or regional plan or district plan to give effect to a direction to include specific provisions under section 55 . Clause 16 was substituted, as from 7 July 1993, by section 215 Resource Management Amendment Act 1993 (1993 No 65). Subclause (1) was amended, as from 2 September 1996, pursuant to section 6(2)(a) Resource Management Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 160) by substituting the words “ Environment Court ” for the words “ Planning Tribunal ” . Subclause (1) was amended, as from 1 August 2003, by section 92(12) Resource Management Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 23) by inserting the words “ to any direction in a national environmental standard or a national policy statement or ” after the word “ effect ” . See sections 109 to 113 of that Act as to the transitional and savings provisions. Subclause (1) was amended, as from 10 August 2005, by section 129(1) Resource Management Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 87) by adding the words “ under section 292 ” . See sections 131 to 135 of that Act as to the transitional provisions. Subclause (3) was inserted, as from 10 August 2005, by section 129(1) Resource Management Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 87). See sections 131 to 135 of that Act as to the transitional provisions.