Section Sch1-8D — Resource Management Act 1991: Withdrawal of proposed policy statements and plans

8D Withdrawal of proposed policy statements and plans (1) Where a local authority has initiated the preparation of a policy statement or plan, the local authority may withdraw its proposal to prepare, change, or vary the policy statement or plan at any time— (a) if an appeal has not been made to the Environment Court under clause 14 , or the appeal has been withdrawn, before the policy statement or plan is approved by the local authority; or (b) if an appeal has been made to the Environment Court, before the Environment Court hearing commences. (2) The local authority shall give public notice of any withdrawal under subclause (1) , including the reasons for the withdrawal. Clauses 8A to 8D were inserted, as from 7 July 1993, by section 212 Resource Management Amendment Act 1993 (1993 No 65). The words “ Environment Court ” in subclause (1)(a) and (b) 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). Subclause (1)(a) and (1)(b) were substituted, as from 1 August 2003, by section 92(2) Resource Management Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 23). See sections 109 to 113 of that Act as to the transitional and savings provisions.