Complete agenda for October 2009 Council Meeting (pdf, 1610KB)

Northland Regional Council - 21 October 2009 Page 57 Item 10• to make a submission on a proposed plan or plan change under section 149O toExecutive Mangers• to provide comments on minor or technical aspects of reports under section 149Qto Executive Mangers and the Consents Senior Programme Manager and/ orRegional Policy Senior Programme Manager (as appropriate)• to give notice to the Environment Court under section 274 to become a party toproceedings in relation to a matter referred to the Environment Court by theMinister to Executive Mangers. (The Minister makes a direction under section142(2)(b) or section 147(1)(b) to refer a matter to the Environment Court fordecision. See section 149T(6).)• to lodge an appeal with the High Court on a matter of law to Executive Mangers.(See sections 149M and 149V.)• to recover costs under section 149ZD to Executive Mangers and the ConsentsSenior Programme Manager and/ or Regional Policy Senior Programme Manager(as appropriate).MINOR AMENDMENTSA couple of minor alterations to the Delegations Manual (on related ResourceManagement Act delegations) are also recommended. Namely:• The inclusion of “the relevant territorial authority” in the explanation to section 117(where the Council has to forward copies of applications to). This is not a newrequirement but clarifies the situation for staff;• Referring to the changes to number of requests for further information under thecurrent section 92(1) delegation. (The number has been reduced to one furtherrequest);• Clarification that the Executive Managers and the Consents Senior ProgrammeManager have delegated authority to cancel a consent under section 132(3) and(4). (The current insert in the Delegations Manual fails to explicitly refer tocancellation, which is a possible outcome of a review); and• That Council delegate the authority to Executive Managers in consultation withthe Consents Senior Programme Manager and/ or Regional Policy SeniorProgramme Manager (as appropriate) to request that the Minister make adirection that a matter of national significance be called in, to provide theCouncil’s view for any matter that may be called in and to provide the view ofCouncil to the Minister before s/he makes a direction under section 147. (Section142(1)(b) and (4) and section 147(4)). (Currently submissions to be made onapplications that are called in would normally be approved by Council, exceptunder urgency where the power is delegated to Executive Managers and theConsents Senior Programme Manager.)