Section Sch1-26 — Resource Management Act 1991: Notification timeframes

26 Notification timeframes Where a local authority accepts the request or part of the request under clause 25(2)(b) — (a) The local authority shall prepare the change to the policy statement or plan in consultation with the person who made the request under clause 21 ; and (b) The local authority shall publicly notify the change or the proposed policy statement or plan— (i) Within 4 months of agreeing to accept the request; or (ii) Within the period that the Environment Court directs under clause 27 . Clauses 21 to 28 were substituted, as from 7 July 1993, by section 220 Resource Management Amendment Act 1993 (1993 No 65). Paragraph (b)(i) was amended, as from 17 December 1997, by section 73 Resource Management Amendment Act 1997 (1997 No 104) by substituting the word “ accept ” for the word “ adopt ” . See section 78 of that Act as to the transitional provisions. The words “ Environment Court ” in clause 26(b)(ii) 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).