Section Sch1AA-5 — Resource Management Act 1991: Access to material incorporated by reference

5 Access to material incorporated by reference (1) The Ministry for the Environment— (a) must make the material referred to in subclause (2) ( material ) available for inspection during working hours at the offices of the Ministry; and (b) must make copies of the material available for purchase at the offices of the Ministry; and (c) may make copies of the material available in any other way that the chief executive of the Ministry considers appropriate in the circumstances (for example, on an Internet website maintained by the Ministry); and (d) must give public notice stating that— (i) the material is incorporated in the national environmental standard, national policy statement, or New Zealand coastal policy statement; and (ii) the material is available for inspection during working hours free of charge and the place at which it can be inspected; and (iii) copies of the material can be purchased and the place at which they can be purchased; and (iv) if copies of the material are available under paragraph (c) , details of how and where it may be obtained or accessed. (2) The material referred to in subclause (1) is— (a) material incorporated by reference in a national environmental standard, national policy statement, or New Zealand coastal policy statement: (b) any amendment to, or replacement of, that material that is incorporated in the standard or statement or the material referred to in paragraph (a) with the amendments or replacement material incorporated: (c) if the material referred to in paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) is not in an official New Zealand language, as well as the material itself, an accurate translation in an official New Zealand language of the material.