Module 2 Pop Questions

Question 1

Which of the following statements is correct?

Select one:

a. The Minister may delegate to the EPA the power to carry out the approval process for a Board of Inquiry (S149K)

b. The Minister may delegate to the EPA the power to call in a matter of national significance (s142(2))

c. Despite s29(4) there are unlikely to be any powers under Part 6AA which the Minister can delegate to the EPA.

d. The Minister may delegate to the EPA the power to intervene in a matter (s149ZA)

e. The Minister may delegate to the EPA the power to d{termine whether or not a matter is of national significance ( s142(3))

Answer 1

The correct answer is: Despite s29(4) there are unlikely to be any powers under Part 6AA which the Minister can delegate to the EPA.
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Question 2

If land is subject to a heritage order which of the following people may apply to the Environment Court for an order requiring the Heritage Protection Authority to remove the order or take the land under the Public Works Act? (Hint- more than one answer may be correct)

Select one or more:

a. The spouse, civil union partner, or de facto partner of the person who was the owner on the date the Heritage Protection Order was included in the District plan

b. Any person who has an interest in the land

c. The owner of the land or a leasehold interest in the land on the date the Heritage Protection Order was included in the District plan

d. The owner of the land

е. Any person who inherits land if the person they inherited the land from was the owner of the land at the time the Heritage Protection Order was included in the District Plan and still owned the land at the time of their death

Answer 2

The correct answers are: The spouse, civil union partner, or de facto partner of the person who was the owner on the date the Heritage Protection Order was included in the District plan, The owner of the land or a leasehold interest in the land on the date the Heritage Protection Order was included in the District plan

Question 3

A requiring authority must always publicly notify a requirement for a designation for a public work within its district. True or False?

Answer 3

The requiring authority must notify the relevant district council of the requirement for a designation - s 168(2); the district council then has to decide whether or not to publicly notify the requirement (s 169)
The correct answer is: False

Question 4

District plans are compulsory for territorial authorities to produce. True or False?

Answer 4

District plans are compulsory for territorial authorities to produce: under s73(1).

The correct answer is: True

Question 5

Which of the following statements about a customary marine title is not correct?

Select one:

a. An applicant for a resource consent requires an RMA permission right from the group that holds the customary marine title

b. “Accommodated activities do not not require an RMA permission right from the group that holds the customary marine title.

c. A customary marine title is subject to controls imposed by the Minister of Conservation

d. The holder of a customary marine title must get a resource consent for an activity if the coastal plan requires it

Answer 5

The correct answer is: A customary marine title is subject to controls imposed by the Minister of Conservation

Question 6

Under what section must every local authority gather such information, and undertake or commission such research, as is necessary to effectively carry out its functions under the Act?

Answer 6

The correct answer is: 35(1)

Question 7

What is the purpose of a NZ coastal policy statement?

Select one:

a. “To state objectives and policies in order to fulfil the Minister of Conservation’s duties under the Act in relation to the coastal environment of NZ”

b. “To state national objectives and policies in relation to the coastal marine area”

c. “To state objectives and policies in order to achieve the purpose of this Act in relation to the coastal environment of New Zealand”

Answer 7

The correct answer is: “To state objectives and policies in order to achieve the purpose of this Act in relation to the coastal environment of New Zealand”

Question 8

A national environmental standard prescribes technical standards, methods or requirements. True or False?

Answer 8

The correct answer is: True

Question 9

Match each plan with its correct purpose and section number.

Regional plan?
Regional coastal plan?
District plan?

-“To assist a regional council, in conjunction with the Minister of Conservation, to achieve the purpose of this Act in relation to the coastal marine area of that region” (s63(2)),

“To assist a regional council, in conjunction with the Minister of Conservation, to achieve the purpose of this Act in relation to the coastal marine area of that region” (s63(2)),”To assist territorial authorities to carry out their functions in order to achieve the purpose of this Act” (s72)

“To assist a regional council to carry out any of its functions in order to achieve the purpose of this Act (s63(1)),

Answer 9

The correct answer is: Regional plan -* “To assist a regional council to carry out any of its functions in order to achieve the purpose of this Act (s63(1)),

Regional coastal plan -* “To assist a regional council, in conjunction with the Minister of Conservation, to achieve the purpose of this Act in relation to the coastal marine area of that region” (s63(2)),

District plan -* “To assist a regional council, in conjunction with the Minister of Conservation, to achieve the purpose of this Act in relation to the coastal marine area of that region” (s63(2)),”To assist territorial authorities to carry out their functions in order to achieve the purpose of this Act” (s72)

Question 10

In preparing or changing a regional policy statement a regional council must not have regard to which two of the following matters-

Select one or more:

a. trade competitors
b. the effects of competition
c. trade competition
d. the effects of trade competition

Answer 10

The correct answers are: trade competition, the effects of trade competition

Question 11

In what areas do regional and district councils have an overlapping jurisdiction?

Select one:

a. Natural hazards and water quantity management

b. Water quantity management and hazardous substances

c. Natural hazards and development capacity for housing and business land

d. Flood control and development capacity for housing and business land

Answer 11

The correct answer is: Natural hazards and development capacity for housing and business land

Question 12

Which of the following activities fall within the Minister of Conservation’s functions and powers under the RMA (hint-more than one answer may be correct)?

Select one or more:

a. Making decisions on applications for coastal permits for restricted coastal activities

b. Preparation and recommendation of the NZ coastal policy statements under s57

c. Monitoring the NZ coastal policy statement

d. Approving regional coastal plans in accordance with the First Schedule

e. Removing any regional councillors who are not carrying out their duties under the Act

Answer 12

The correct answers are: Preparation and recommendation of the NZ coastal policy statements under s57, Approving regional coastal plans in accordance with the First Schedule, Monitoring the NZ coastal policy statement

Question 13

Which of the following describes a local authority which carries out the functions of a regional council and a district council?

Select one:

a. Super Council
b. District council
c. Regional council
d. Unitary authority

Answer 13

The correct answer is: Unitary authority

Question 14

What is the purpose of a water conservation order?

Select one-

a. To provide legal protection for outstanding amenity of waters in only their altered state

b. To provide legal protection for outstanding amenity or intrinsic value of waters in their natural or altered
state

C. To provide legal protection for the intrinsic value of waters in their natural or altered state

d. To provide legal protection for outstanding amenity or intrinsic value of waters in only their natural state

Answer 14

The correct answer is: To provide legal protection for outstanding amenity or intrinsic value of waters in their natural or altered state

Question 15

If a local authority is required to amend a document to give effect to a national policy statement by using the process in Schedule 1 the local authority must make the amendment (hint- more than 1 answer is correct)

Select one or more:

a. within 1 year of the date specified in the national policy statement

b. when the relevant document is reviewed

c. as soon as practicable

d. within the time specified in the national policy statement (if any)

e. before the occurence of an event specified in the national policy statement (if any)

Answer 15

The correct answers are: as soon as practicable, within the time specified in the national policy statement (if any), before the occurence of an event specified in the national policy statement (if any)

Question 16

A decision made under a joint management agreement in relation to the exercise of any power by a local authority

Select one:

a. Must be approved by the local authority before the decision has effect

b. Has the same effect as a decision of the local authority without the need for further approval by any person

c. Must be approved by all parties to the joint management agreement before it has effect.

d. Must be approved by the Minister before the decision has effect

Answer 16

The correct answer is: Has the same effect as a decision of the local authority without the need for further approval by any person

Question 17

What remedies or options are available for a person unduly affected by a designation (hint-more than one answer is correct)?

Select one or more:

a. Compensation is available from the Minister for the Environment
b. A requiring authority’s decision can be appealed to the Environment Court under s174.
c. An order may be available under s185 if the Environment Court is satisfied that subsections (3)(a) and (b) are met
d. Compensation is available under s85.

Answer 17

The correct answers are: An order may be available under s185 if the Environment Court is satisfied that subsections (3) (a) and (b) are met, A requiring authority’s decision can be appealed to the Environment Court under $174.

Question 18

If a designation is included in a district plan, no person may, without the prior written consent of the requiring authority, do anything in relation to the land that is subject to the designation that would prevent or hinder the public work or project or work to which the designation relates including three of the following activities -

Select one or more:

a. Undertaking any use of land

b. Changing the character, intensity, or scale of the use of the land to which the designation relates

c. Subdividing any land, except as provided under s220

d. Changing the nature of any use of any land, except those uses included under ss10A, 10B and 20

e. Subdividing the land to which the designation relates

f. Undertaking any use of land, as described in s9(3)

Answer 18

The correct answers are: Undertaking any use of land, Subdividing the land to which the designation relates, Changing the character, intensity, or scale of the use of the land to which the designation relates

Question 19

If the Minister exercises powers under Part 6AA, the decision on the matter may be made by either of which two of the following authorities?

Select one or more:

a. Board of Inquiry

b Minister for the Environment

c. The Minister of Conservation

d. Environmental Protection Authority

e. Environment Court

f. The relevant local authority

Answer 19

The correct answers are: Board of Inquiry, Environment Court

Question 20

Choose which planning documents) are mandatory and which are optional for the appropriate council to produce.

(Councils below)
-Regional coastal plans
-Regional plans
-District plans
-Regional policy statements

(Planning documents below. Which ones below go with the appropriate council)
-Mandatory for regional councils
-Optional for regional councils
-Mandatory for territorial authorities

Answer 20

The correct answer is: Regional coastal plans -› Mandatory for regional councils, Regional plans -› Optional for regional councils, District plans - Mandatory for territorial authorities, Regional policy statements - Mandatory for regional councils

Question 21

Which of the following must regional councils recognise and provide for, have regard to or take into account when preparing a regional policy statement (hint- more than one answer is correct)?

Select one or more:

a. Regional council functions and duties (ss30 and 32)

b. The contents of all district plans in the region

c. The effects of trade competition

d. Regulations made under the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf (Environmental Effects) Act
2012

e. A planning document prepared by a customary marine title group under section 85 of the Marine and v
Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011 to the extent that it relates to the relevant customary marine title area

f. A planning document prepared by a customary marine title group under section 85 of the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011 to the extent that they relate to a part of the common marine and coastal area outside the customary marine title area of the relevant group

Answer 21

The correct answers are: regulations made under the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf (Environmental Effects) Act 2012, a planning document prepared by a customary marine title group under section 85 of the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011 to the extent that it relates to the relevant customary marine title area, a planning document prepared by a customary marine title group under section 85 of the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011 to the extent that they relate to a part of the common marine and coastal area outside the customary marine title area of the relevant group, Regional council functions and duties (ss30 and 32)

Question 22

What does a regional council do (hint-more than one answer is correct)?
Select one or more:

а. Water resource management

b. River management

c. Pollution control

d. Water quality management

Answer 22

Regional councils perform all these roles.
The correct answers are: Water resource management, Water quality management, Pollution control, River management

Question 23

The Minister for the Environment may issue which of the following directions?

Select one or more:

a. A direction to a local authority to prepare a change to a district or regional plan.

b. A direction to the Minister of Conservation to prepare a change to a regional coastal plan.

c. A direction to a regional council to prepare a regional plan.

d. A direction to a territorial authority to prepare a district plan.

Answer 23

The correct answers are: A direction to a local authority to prepare a change to a district or regional plan., A direction to a regional council to prepare a regional plan

Question 24

An application for a Water Conservation Order under section 201 is made to the Environmental Protection Authority. True or False?

Answer 24

The correct answer is: False

Question 25

local authority can delegate its powers to an iwi authority under section 33. True or false?

Answer 25

Section 33 authorises transfer of powers. This is different from a delegation.
The correct answer is. False

Question 26

The public authorities with whom a local authority may make a joint management agreement are the same public authorities to whom a local authority may transfer powers under section 33. True or false?

Answer 26

The correct answer is ‘False’

Question 27

A heritage protection authority that is a body corporate approved under s 188 cannot give notice of requirement for a heritage order over a place that is private land. True or false?

Answer 27

sees 189(1A) RMA
The correct answer is ‘True’

Question 28

District plans must include which of the following matters:

Select one or more:

a. All outstanding resource consent applications

b. The policies to implement the plan objectives and the rules ( if any)

c. The plan’s objectives

d. Submissions received from the public on the proposed district plan

e. Procedures to monitor the efficiency and effectiveness of the policies, rules, or other methods contained in the plan

f. The environmental results expected from the policies and methods

Answer 28

The correct answers are: The plan’s objectives, The policies to implement the plan objectives and the rules (if any)

Question 29

An activity cannot be described as a permitted activity in a plan if it has an adverse effect on which one of the following matters?

Select one:

a. A customary marine title

b. An area held in accordance with tikanga

C. A protected customary right

d. The marine and coastal area

Answer 29

The correct answer is: A protected customary right

Question 30

Who must provide information to each local authority on the iwi authorities within the district or region?

Select one

a. The Crown b A regional council

c. A district council d Ahapu

Answer 30

The correct answer is The Crown

Question 31

Which of the following best describes the purpose of a national policy statement and the relevant RMA section number?

Select one:

a. To clarify issues of importance to the Minister for the councils s46

b. To state policies that the Minister for the Environment considers to be of national importance $45 (2)

c. To state objectives and policies “for matters of national significance that are relevant to achieving the purpose of this Act” s45 (1)

d. To state policies and “matters of national importance” $45 (1)

Answer 31

The correct answer is: To state objectives and policies “for matters of national significance that are relevant to achieving the purpose of this Act s45 (1)

Question 32

Which of the following three descriptions are types of activities which may be included in a plan?

Select one or more:

a. Permitted activity
b. Existing use right
c. Controlled activity
d. Specified departure activity
e. Restricted discretionary activity

Answer 32

The correct answers are Permitted activity, Controlled activity, Restricted discretionary activity

Question 33

Choose the statement that best describes how a regional plan must deal with each of the following documents, (each policy/plan either gives ‘effect to’ or ‘ must not be inconsistent with’);

-regional policy statement
-New Zealand Coastal Policy Statement
-Any other regional plan for the region
-A water conservation order

Answer 33

The correct answer is regional policy statement - give effect to,
New Zealand Coastal Policy Statement - give effect to,
Any other regional plan for the region - must not be inconsistent with,
A water conservation order - must not be inconsistent with

Question 34

Which of the following functions are not regional council functions (hint- more than one answer is correct)

Select one or more:

a. coastal management
b. harbour management
c. control of noise on land
d. management of subdivision
e air quality management

Answer 34

The correct answers are control of noise on land, management of subdivision

Question 35

Match the decision-makers with the planning instrument that they have power to issue.

(Decision makers)
-Minister for the Environment
-Requiring authority
-Heritage protection authority
-Minister of Conservation

(Planning instruments)
-Designation
-NZ coastal policy statement
-National policy statement
-Heritage order

Answer 35

The correct answer is Minister for the Environment _ National policy statement, Requiring authority - Designation, Heritage protection authority -* Heritage order, Minister of Conservation - NZ coastal policy statement.

Question 36

A unitary authority must produce which of the following documents under the Resource Management Act 1991

Select one:

a. A Regional Policy Statement, a Regional Coastal Plan, a District Plan

b. A Regional Policy Statement, A Regional Coastal Plan, Regional Plans

c. Regional Plans, A City Plan, A District Plan

d. Regional Policy Statement, Regional plans, a District Plan

Answer 36

The correct answer is A Regional Policy Statement, a Regional Coastal Plan, a District Plan

Question 37

Which three of the following statements best describes how a water conservation order restricts the exercise of regional council functions,

Select one or more:

a. Water conservation orders can restrict regional council duties under s30(1)(e) (as they relate to water)

b. Water conservation orders can restrict regional council duties under s30(1)(f) (as they relate to water)

c. Water conservation orders restrict all regional council duties

d. Water conservation orders can restrict regional council duties under $560 and 68A (as they relate to
water)

e. Regional councils must ensure any water, coastal and discharge permits they grant maintain the provisions of any water conservation order in their region

Answer 37

The correct answers are Regional councils must ensure any water, coastal and discharge permits they grant maintain the provisions of any water conservation order in their region, Water conservation orders can restrict regional council duties under s30(1)(e) (as they relate to water), Water conservation orders can restrict regional council duties under s30(1)(F) (as they relate to water)

Question 38

Who makes the final decision on the requirement for a heritage protection order?

Select one or more:

a. The Environment Court when matters are referred to the Court

b. The Minister of Conservation in all cases

c. The Heritage Protection Authority that issued the requirement unless the matter is referred to the Environment Court

d. Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga in all cases

e. The territorial authority in all cases

f. Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Tonga when it issues the notice of requirement unless the matter is referred to the Environment Court.

Answer 38

The correct answers are: The Environment Court when matters are referred to the Court, The Heritage Protection Authority that issued the requirement unless the matter is referred to the Environment Court, Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Tonga when it issues the notice of requirement unless the matter is referred to the Environment Court

Question 39

Which of the following statments about a protected customary right is not correct?

Select one:

a. An agreement recognising a protected customary right can only be brought into force by an Act of Parliament

b. A protected customary right can be recognised by the High Court or by an agreement between the applicant group and a Minister

c. A protected customary right does not require a resource consent before it can be carried out

d. A resource consent that affects a protected customary right cannot be granted unless the relevant group consents

Answer 39

The corfect answer is: An agreement recognising a protected customary right can only be brought into force by an Act of Parliament

Question 40

The alternative processes for the preparation of a NZ coastal policy statement are the same as for a national policy statement - true or false?

Answer 40

True

Question 41

If an activity has significant adverse effects on the environment a national environmental standard may not state that the activity is _

Select one or more:

a. a discretionary activity
b. a prohibited activity
c. a permitted activity
d. a controlled activity

Answer 41

The correct answer is: a permitted activity

Question 42

If the Minister for the Environment considers that a matter is part of a proposal of national significance, the Minister must call in the matter. True or False

Answer 42

False

Question 43

Under the RMA, decision-makers must have regard to Regional Policy Statements in three of the following processes.

Select one or more:

a. Preparation of a NZ coastal policy statement

b. When making a submission on a resource consent or proposed plan

C. An application for a heritage order

d. Preparation of a national policy statement

e. An application for an enforcement order

f. An application for a resource consent

g. An application for a designation

Answer 43

The correct answers are: An application for a resource consent, An application for a heritage order, An application for a designation

Question 44

Which five of the following activities fall within the Minister for the Environment’s functions and powers under the RMA?

Select one or more:

a. Monitoring national policy statements, water conservation orders and any resource consents granted by the Minister

b. Approving national planning standards under s 58E

C. Approving district plans under s73

d. Recommending the issue of national policy statements under s52

e. Recommending the issue of water conservation orders under s214

f. Directing a territorial authority to prepare a plan change to address a resource management issue

g. Intervening in decisions on proposals of national significance

Answer 44

The correct answers are: Recommending the issue of national policy statements under s52, Intervening in decisions on proposals of national significance, Directing a territorial authority to prepare a plan change to address a resource management issue, Recommending the issue of water conservation orders under $214, Approving national planning standards under s 58E

Question 45

A water conservation order may place restrictions on activities on land if the restrictions are necessary to achieve the purpose of the order. True or False?

Answer 45

False

Question 46

Which of the following statements is correct?

Select one:

a. The Minister may delegate to the EPA the power to carry out the approval process for a Board of Inquiry (S149K)

b. The Minister may delegate to the EPA the power to determine whether or not a matter is of national significance (s142(3))

c. The Minister may delegate to the EPA the power to call in a matter of national significance (s142(2))
d. Despite s29(4) there are unlikely to be any powers under Part 6AA which the Minister can delegate to the EPA.

e. The Minister may delegate to the EPA the power to intervene in a matter (s149ZA)

Answer 46

The correct answer is: Despite s29(4) there are unlikely to be any powers under Part 6AA which the Minister can delegate to the EPA

Question 47

Which of the following two statements are true?

Select one or more:

a. A local authority has no duty to consult any person about a resource consent application.

b. A local authority has a duty to consult iwi authorities about a resource consent.

c. An applicant has a duty to consult iwi authorities about a resource consent application.

d. A local authority has a duty to consult tangata whenua of an area that may be affected by contacting iwi authorities during the preparation of a proposed plan.

Answer 47

The correct answers are: A local authority has a duty to consult tangata whenua of an area that may be affected by contacting iwi authorities during the preparation of a proposed plan., A local authority has no duty to consult any person about a resource consent application.

Question 48

An activity cannot be described as a permitted activity in a plan if it has an adverse effect on which one of the following matters?

Select one:

a. A protected customary right b.
The marine and coastal area

c. A customary marine title

d. An area held in accordance with tikanga

Answer 48

The correct answer is: A protected customary right

Question 49

The Minister for the Environment must notify which two of the following before recommending a National Environmental Standard

Select one or more:

a. Iwi authorities

b. Regional Councils

c. Minister of Conservation

d. District Councils

e. The public

Answer 49

The correct answers are: The public, Iwi authorities

Question 50

Regional councils are not required to prepare a regional coastal plan but may do so if they wish. Answer True or False and specify who approves a regional coastal plan?

Select one:

a. False, the Minister for the Environment

b. False, the Minister of Conservation

c. True, the Minister for the Environment

d. True the Minister of Conservation

Answer 50

The correct answer is: False, the Minister of Conservation

Question 51

Which of the following must regional councils have regard to or take into account when preparing a regional policy statement (hint- more than one answer is correct)?

Select one or more:

a. Resource consents for the coastal marine area

b. Enforcement orders

c. Regional council functions and duties (ss30 and 32)

d. Any relevant planning document recognised by an iwi authority

e. Management plans and strategies prepared under other Acts.

f. Part Il of the RMA

g. Consistency with the policy statements and plans of adjacent regional councils

h. The effects of trade competition

I. Relevant entries in the NZ Heritage List /Rarangi Korero

j. Regulations relating to ensuring sustainability

k. The contents of all district plans in the region

l. By-laws relating to mahinga mataitai

Answer 51

The correct answers are: Regional council functions and duties (ss30 and 32), Management plans and strategies prepared under other Acts., Regulations relating to ensuring sustainability, By-laws relating to mahinga mataitai Relevant entries in the NZ Heritage List /Rarangi Korero, Consistency with the policy statements and plans of adjacent regional councils, Part lI of the MA, Any relevant planning document recognised by an iwi authority

Question 52

Under what section must every local authority gather such information, and undertake or commission such research, as is necessary to effectively carry out its functions under the Act? Hint- to get the correct answer enter a number in numerals using the following format: section number(subsection number)

Answer 52

The correct answer is 35(1)

Question 53

A national environmental standard prescribes technical standards, methods or requirements. True or False?

Answer 53

True

Question 54

Any Minister can propose a national policy statement. True or False?

Answer 54

False

Question 55

Part 6AA provides the Minister with specific powers in relation to which of the following matters that are or are part of a proposal of national significance? (hint- more than one answer is correct)

Select one or more.

a. notices of requirement

b. requests for plan changes

c. applications for changes to or cancellation of resource consent conditions

d. applications for resource consents

Answer 55

The correct answers are: applications for resource consents, requests for plan changes, applications for changes to or cancellation of resource consent conditions, notices of requirement

Question 56

The correct answers are: applications for resource consents, requests for plan changes, applications for changes to or cancellation of resource consent conditions, notices of requirement

Select one

a. Ss62, 65 and 76

b. ss 62, 67 and 75

c. ss63 and 67-75

d. ss62, 65 and 75

Question 57

Match each document or matter with the level ot consideration a regional council must give to it in preparing an RPS:

(Match these matters with the documents):
-recognise and provide for
-take into account
-have regard to
-preparation of RPS in accordance with
-preparation of RPS in accordance with -recognise and provide for

a planning document prepared by a customary marine title group to the extent that it relates to the relevant customary marine title area

management plans and strategies prepared under other Acts to the extent that their content has a bearing on resource management issues of the region

Part 2

planning document prepared by a customary marine title group to the extent that it relates to a part of the common marine and coastal area outside the customary marine title area of the relevant group

NPS, NZCPS, national planning standards

any relevant planning document recognised by an iwi authority to the extent that its content has a bearing on resource management issues of the region

Answer 57

The correct answer is: a planning document prepared by a customary marine title group to the extent that it relates to the relevant customary marine title area = recognise and provide for

management plans and strategies prepared under other Acts to the extent that their content has a bearing on resource management issues of the region = have regard to

Part 2 = preparation of RPS in accordance with

a planning document prepared by a customary marine title group to the extent that it relates to a part of the common marine and coastal area outside the customary marine title area of the relevant group = take into account

NPS, NZCPS, national planning standards = preparation of PS in accordance with

any relevant planning document recognised by an iwi authority to the extent that its content has a bearing on resource management issues of the region = take into account

Question 58

Before a requiring authority can issue a notice of requirement an evaluation of that notice must be carried out under section 32, True or False?

Answer 58

False

Question 59

The inclusion of a heritage order in a district plan restricts any person from doing which three of the following activities in relation to the land to which the heritage order relates without the consent of the relevant heritage authority?

Select one or more:

a. Undertaking any use of land except those described in s9(1), that would wholly or partly nullify the effect of the heritage order

b. Changing the character, intensity, or scale of the use of any land that would wholly or partly nullify the effect of the heritage order

c. Undertaking any use of the land that would wholly or partly nullify the effect of the heritage

d. Subdividing any land, except as provided under s220, that would wholly or partly nullify the effect of the heritage order

e. Subdividing any land that would wholly or partly nullify the effect of the heritage order

f. Changing the nature of any use of any land, except those existing uses included under ss10A, 10B and 20, that would wholly or partly nullify the effect of the heritage order

Answer 59

The correct answers are: Undertaking any use of the land that would wholly or partly nullify the effect of the heritage order, Subdividing any land that would wholly or partly nullify the effect of the heritage order, Changing the character, intensity, or scale of the use of any land that would wholly or partly nullify the effect of the heritage order

Question 60

District plans must include which of the following matters:

Select one or more:

a. Procedures to monitor the efficiency and effectiveness of the policies, rules, or other methods contained in the plan

b. The plan’s objectives

c. The environmental results expected from the policies and methods

d. Submissions received from the public on the proposed district plan

e. All outstanding resource consent applications

f. The policies to implement the plan objectives and the rules ( if any)

Answer 60

The correct answers are. The plan’s objectives, The policies to implement the plan objectives and the rules ( if any)

Question 61

Which of the following three descriptions are types of activities which may be included in a plan?

Select one or more:

a. Permitted activity
b. Existing use right
c. Controlled activity
d. Specified departure activity
e. Restricted discretionary activity

Answer 61

The correct answers are: Permitted activity, Controlled activity, Restricted discretionary activity

Question 62

Which matters or documents must a regional council have regard to in preparing or changing its RPS?

Select one or more:

a. planning documents of customary marine title groups to the extent that the content has a bearing on the resource management issues of the region

b. management plans and strategies prepared under other Acts to the extent that their content has a bearing on resource management issues of the region

c. need for consistency with regulations made under the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf (Environmental Effects) Act 2012

d. need for consistency with policy statements and plans of adjacent regional councils

e. Part 2 RMA

f. trade competition

Answer 62

The correct answers are management plans and strategies prepared under other Acts to the extent that their content has a bearing on resource management issues of the region, need for consistency with policy statements and plans of adjacent regional councils, need for consistency with regulations made under the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf (Environmental Effects) Act 2012