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Resource Management Act 1991  069
Commenced: 1 Oct 1991
V: Standards, Policy Statements, and Plans
Regional Plans
66   Matters to be considered by regional council




   66. Matters to be considered by regional council---(1) A regional
 council shall prepare and change any regional plan in accordance with
 its functions under section 30, the provisions of Part II, its duty
 under section 32, and any regulations.

   (2) In addition to the requirements of section 67 (2), when preparing
 or changing any regional plan, the regional council shall have regard
 to---
   (a) Any proposed regional policy statement in respect of the region;
         and
   (b) The Crown's interests in land of the Crown in the coastal marine
         area; and
   (c) Any---
           (i) Management plans and strategies prepared under other Acts;
         and
           (ii) Relevant planning document recognised by an iwi authority
         affected by the regional plan; and
           (iii) Regulations relating to the conservation or management
         of taiapure or fisheries; and
           (iv) Regulations made under this Act, including regulations
         made under section 43,---
         to the extent that their content has a bearing on resource
         management issues of the region; and
   (d) The extent to which the regional plan needs to be consistent with
         the regional policy statements and plans, or proposed regional
         policy statements and proposed plans, of adjacent regional
         councils.
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