Transport planning and investment system

Statutory framework overview

Land transport planning and investment works through a process set out in legislation. A range of entities are involved, like Waka Kotahi and councils. And some of these entities need to produce or act upon statutory documents that are required by law.

This page includes two parts:

  • a summary of the statutory framework
  • a diagram of relationships within the statutory framework

Summary of the statutory framework

Overview diagram of legislation, entities and statutory documents

 

 

Diagram of relationships within the statutory framework

This diagram shows the relationships between different parts of the transport planning and investment system. Click on items in the diagram to see more detailed information.

These parts of the system include:

  • legislation
  • entities
  • documents which must be produced or acted upon by law

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%% ----------------------------------------- %% %% This section defines the diagram of the %% transport planning statutory framework. %% %% Internet Explorer is not supported! %% %% Please open this page in Chrome or Firefox %% %% ----------------------------------------- %% flowchart LR %% ----------------------------------------- %% %% Colour and style definitions classDef legislation fill:#C44,stroke-width:0px,color:white classDef entity fill:#105781,stroke-width:0px,color:white classDef doc-central fill:#777,stroke-width:0px,color:white classDef doc-local fill:#999,stroke-width:0px,color:white classDef doc-nonstat fill:#c8ce5b,stroke-width:0px,color:white classDef whitespace fill:#eee,stroke-width:0px,color:white %% ----------------------------------------- %% %% Legislation names and links to pages %%LTA[Land Transport Act 1998] click LTA "./land-transport-act-1998.html" %%IFFA[Infrastructure Funding and\n Financing Act 2020] click IFFA "./infrastructure-funding-financing-act-2020.html" LTMA[Land Transport Management Act 2003] click LTMA "./land-transport-management-act-2003.html" class LTMA legislation; RMA[Resource Management Act 1991] click RMA "./resource-management-act-1991.html" class RMA legislation; KOHCA[Kāinga Ora -\n Homes and Communities Act 2019] click KOHCA "./kainga-ora-homes-communities-act-2019.html" class KOHCA legislation; WK{{Waka Kotahi}} click WK "./waka-kotahi-nz-transport-agency.html" class WK entity; LGA[Local Government Act 2002] click LGA "./local-government-act-2002.html" class LGA legislation; UDA[Urban Development Act 2020] click UDA "./urban-development-act-2020.html" class UDA legislation; %% ----------------------------------------- %% %% Entities, documents and links to pages Regions{{Regional Councils}} click Regions "./regional-councils.html" _self class Regions entity; Councils{{Territorial Authorities\n City/District Councils}} click Councils "./territorial-authorities.html" _self class Councils entity; RTC{{Regional Transport Committees}} click RTC "./regional-transport-committees.html" _self class RTC entity; NLTP([National Land Transport Programme]) click NLTP "./national-land-transport-programme.html" _self class NLTP doc-central; RLTP([Regional Land Transport Plans]) click RLTP "./regional-land-transport-plans.html" _self class RLTP doc-local; RPTP([Regional Public Transport Plans]) click RPTP "./regional-public-transport-plans.html" _self class RPTP doc-local; KR{{KiwiRail}} click KR "./kiwirail.html" _self class KR entity; RNIP([Rail Network Investment Programme]) click RNIP "./rail-network-investment-programme.html" _self class RNIP doc-central; %%ATAP([Auckland Transport\n Alignment Project]) click ATAP "./auckland-transport-alignment-project.html" _self class ATAP doc-nonstat; %%LGWM([Let's Get Wellington\n Moving]) click LGWM "./lets-get-wellington-moving.html" _self class LGWM doc-nonstat; %%RTZ([Road to Zero\n Strategy]) click RTZ "./road-to-zero.html" _self class RTZ doc-nonstat; %%NZRP([New Zealand\n Rail Plan]) click NZRP "./new-zealand-rail-plan.html" _self class NZRP doc-nonstat; NonStat([Government Commitments\n ATAP, LGWM, RTZ, NZRP]) click NonStat "./government-commitments.html" _self class NonStat doc-nonstat; GPSLT([Government Policy Statement\n on Land Transport]) click GPSLT "./government-policy-statement-land-transport.html" _self class GPSLT doc-central; WKIP([Waka Kotahi Investment Proposal]) click WKIP "./waka-kotahi-investment-proposal.html" _self class WKIP doc-nonstat; DP([District Plans]) click DP "./district-plans.html" _self class DP doc-local; RP([Regional Plans]) click RP "./regional-plans.html" _self class RP doc-local; NPS-UD([National Policy Statement\n on Urban Development]) click NPS-UD "./national-policy-statement-urban-development.html" _self class NPS-UD doc-central; GPSUD([Government Policy Statement\n on Urban Development]) click GPSUD "./government-policy-statement-housing-urban-development.html" _self class GPSUD doc-central; KO{{Kāinga Ora}} click KO "./kainga-ora-homes-communities.html" _self class KO entity; Blank([ ]) %% placeholder class Blank whitespace; %% Blank2([ ]) %% class Blank2 whitespace; SDP([Specified Development Projects]) click KO "./specified-development-projects.html" _self class SDP doc-central; %% ----------------------------------------- %% %% Relationship definitions creating diagram subgraph Transport NonStat -.-> GPSLT subgraph Rail KR == LTMA s22A: KiwiRail must prepare ==> RNIP end subgraph Transport planning LTMA -- LTMA s66: Minister of Transport\n must issue --> GPSLT WK -. LTMA s22C: Waka Kotahi must advise .-> RNIP GPSLT -. LTMA s22C: consistent .-> RNIP RNIP -. LTMA s22B: Minister of Transport must decide .-> NLTP GPSLT == LTMA s19B: Waka Kotahi must give effect ==> NLTP LTMA -- establishes --> WK WK --> WKIP WKIP -.-> NLTP KR -. LTMA s16: Auckland/Wellington RLTPs\n must include a list of\n significant rail activities\n proposed by KiwiRail .-> RLTP RLTP -. LTMA s19B: Waka Kotahi must\n take into account .-> NLTP RPTP -. LTMA s19B: Waka Kotahi must\n take into account .-> NLTP WK -- LTMA s105 --> RTC GPSLT -. LTMA s14: consistent .-> RLTP RTC == LTMA s13: must produce ==> RLTP Blank -. LTMA s19B: Waka Kotahi must\n take into account .-> NLTP end end subgraph Land use Regions -- LTMA s105 --> RTC NPS-UD -.- Blank NPS-UD -. RMA s55: can amend .-> RLTP Regions == LTMA s119: must produce ==> RPTP LGA -- LGA s12 --> Councils & Regions Regions == RMA s65: prepare ==> RP Councils -- LTMA s105 --> RTC Councils == RMA s72 ==> DP NPS-UD -. RMA s67: regional plan must give effect to\n RMA s55: regional council must amend\n these documents if NPS directs .-> RP NPS-UD -. RMA s55 .-> RPTP RMA -- RMA s52: Minister for the Environment\n may prepare a National Policy Statement --> NPS-UD NPS-UD -. RMA s76: district plan must give effect to\n RMA s55: local authority must amend\n these documents if NPS directs .-> DP KOHCA -- KOHCA s22: Minister of Housing and\n Minister of Finance must issue --> GPSUD KO --> SDP UDA -- UD s47: Ministers may declare\n an SDP established --> SDP GPSUD -. KOHCA s26: Kāinga Ora must give effect to the GPS .-> SDP SDP -. UD s98: Local authority must have regard to SDP area and objectives\n UD s100: Kāinga Ora has power to decline plan change .-> DP & RP KOHCA -- KOHCA s8: establishes --> KO UDA -- UD: extends powers of Kāinga Ora --> KO end RP -. LTMA s124: take into account .-> RLTP DP -. LTMA s124: take into account .-> RLTP %% ----------------------------------------- %% %% %% Internet Explorer is not supported! %% %% Please open this page in Chrome or Firefox %% %% ----------------------------------------- %%