Marlborough Sounds Resource Management Plan 11 September 2014 35.2.4.3 Matters Over Which Control is Retained The matters over which the Council will exercise its control are: a) The duration of consent; b) The information and monitoring requirements; c) The administrative charges payable; and d) The location of the intake and discharge points. 35.2.5 Marine Farms Within Specifically Identified Areas and Beyond 50 metres From MLWM and Listed in Appendix D Marine farms authorised by a current Coastal Permit (pursuant to the Resource Management Act 1991) or current Marine Farm Lease or Licence (pursuant to the Marine Farming Act 1971) applied for prior to 1 August 1996; or authorised by a new Coastal Permit, the application for which constituted a renewal of a Coastal Permit, Marine Farm Lease or Licence specified above which was current at the date of the application being made for the new consent, are Controlled Activities provided that the activity conforms to the following standards, and provided further this rule shall not apply to the marine farms shown on Appendix D2. NB: ‘Current’ means a Coastal Permit, Marine Farm Licence or Marine Farm Lease in force and operative in accordance with its terms as at the date of application. 35.2.5.1 Standards a) The structures and anchoring systems established on the marine farm shall be those authorised by the current Coastal Permit, Marine Farm Licence or Marine Farm Lease applied for prior to 1 August 1996, except that in the case of marine farms listed in Appendix D, as controlled activities, this standard shall not apply to the replacement of surface structures with sub-surface structures. b) The marine farm shall occupy only that area and only for the purposes and for the species authorised by the current Coastal Permit, Marine Farm Licence or Marine Farm Lease applied for prior to 1 August 1996. c) The species to be farmed on any marine farm shall be only those authorised by the current Coastal Permit, Marine Farm Licence or Marine Farm Lease applied for prior to 1 August 1996. d) The lighting system utilised on the marine farm shall at all times comply with the conditions of the current Coastal Permit, Marine Farm Licence or Marine Farm Lease applied for prior to 1 August 1996, or in the absence of any such conditions the beaconage and buoyage standard required by ‘The system of Buoyage and Beaconage for New Zealand, Ministry of Transport: Nov 1991’, and ‘Maritime Safety Authority Marine Farm Lighting Marking and Structures Criteria 2’ and standards or substitutions in replace thereof. 35.2.5.2 Terms All resource consents shall be subject to the following conditions: a) The period of occupancy of the coastal marine area authorised by the Coastal Permit shall not exceed 20 years; b) Where not already provided, the consent holder shall lodged with the Council a survey plan fixing the location of the marine farm prior to exercise of the consent; • In accordance with the provisions of sections 128 and 129 of the Resource Management Act (or any provision in substitution therefore)