Wairau/ Awatere Resource Management Plan To identify resource management issues which have cross boundary implications. (b) Consultation To consult with central government and adjoining territorial authorities on cross boundary issues. (c) Protocols To establish, in conjunction with central government and other local authorities, mechanisms for the identification, discussion and resolution of cross boundary issues. (d) Liaison To establish, where appropriate, with central government and other local authorities joint working groups, joint committees and other co-operative systems for dealing with and resolving cross boundary issues. (e) Resource Consent Applications, Plan Changes To use, where appropriate, the provisions in the Act for joint hearings when applications are made to two or more consent authorities for resource consents for the same activity. Most planning matters and resource consents are unlikely to have cross boundary effects. However, where an activity requires plan changes or resource consents near the Plan boundary and there is the potential for effects to be felt beyond the Plan area, the Council will: • Serve copies of applications and requests on adjoining Councils; • Promote and facilitate pre-hearing meetings; • Promote and facilitate joint and combined hearings to involve the adjoining Council in the decision making process; and • Notify in terms of consultation under the First Schedule of the Act, the affected community of interest even if this extends beyond the boundaries of this Plan. (f) Advocacy To promote the Marlborough District Council perspective on resource management issues to adjoining local authorities and central government including, where appropriate, making submissions on proposed national policy statements, and policy statements of adjoining territorial authorities. (g) Implementation To actively monitor any requirement for plan changes to the plan to address cross boundary issues, and make application for such changes in a timely fashion. 1 - 8