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Sand and Shingle Royalties: Changes introduced by the Resource Management (Consenting and Other System Changes) Amendment Act 2025

This fact sheet sets out changes by the Resource Management (Consenting and Other System Changes) Amendment Act 2025 to align terminology in the Resource Management (Transitional, Fees, Rents, and Royalties) Regulations 1991 with the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011. It does this by changing all references to “land of the Crown in the coastal marine area” to the “common marine and coastal area”.

These changes also insert a clause into the Resource Management Act 1991 confirming that any sand and shingle royalties collected under Regulation 9 were, and always have been, validly imposed.

Read more about the Resource Management (Consenting and Other System Changes) Amendment Act.

This fact sheet sets out changes by the Resource Management (Consenting and Other System Changes) Amendment Act 2025 to align terminology in the Resource Management (Transitional, Fees, Rents, and Royalties) Regulations 1991 with the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011. It does this by changing all references to “land of the Crown in the coastal marine area” to the “common marine and coastal area”.

These changes also insert a clause into the Resource Management Act 1991 confirming that any sand and shingle royalties collected under Regulation 9 were, and always have been, validly imposed.

Read more about the Resource Management (Consenting and Other System Changes) Amendment Act.