Section Sch1-16B — Resource Management Act 1991: Merger with proposed policy statement or plan

16B Merger with proposed policy statement or plan (1) Every variation initiated under clause 16A shall be merged in and become part of the proposed policy statement or plan as soon as the variation and the proposed policy statement or plan are both at the same procedural stage; but where the variation includes a provision to be substituted for a provision in the proposed policy statement or plan against which a submission or an appeal has been lodged, that submission or appeal shall be deemed to be a submission or appeal against the variation. (2) From the date of public notification of a variation, the proposed policy statement or proposed plan shall have effect as if it had been so varied. (3) Subclause (2) does not apply to a proposed policy statement or plan approved under clause 17(1A) . Clause 16B was inserted, as from 7 July 1993, by section 215 Resource Management Amendment Act 1993 (1993 No 65). Subclause (2) was inserted, as from 2 September 1996, by section 27 Resource Management Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 160). 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.