2.7 Relevant trustees may waive rights The relevant trustees may waive the right to be provided with summaries, and copies of notices, of resource consent applications in relation to the ‘statutory area’. The relevant trustees may waive the right to have a relevant consent authority, the Environment Court, or the Historic Places Trust have regard to the Statutory Acknowledgement in relation to the coastal ‘statutory area’. Rights must be waived by written notice to the relevant consent authority, the Environment Court, or the Historic Places Trust stating— (a) the scope of the waiver; and (b) the period for which it applies. 2.8 Application to river or stream If any part of the Statutory Acknowledgement applies to a river or stream (including a tributary), that part of the acknowledgement— (a) applies only to— (i) the continuously or intermittently flowing body of fresh water, including a modified watercourse, that comprises the river or stream; and (ii) the bed of the river or stream, meaning the land that the waters of the river or stream cover at its fullest flow without flowing over its banks; but (b) does not apply to— (i) a part of the bed of the river or stream that is not owned by the Crown; or (ii) an artificial watercourse. 2.9 Submissions In submissions to and proceedings before a consent authority, the Environment Court or the Historic Places Trust, the relevant iwi governance entity - and any member of that iwi - may cite a Statutory Acknowledgement as evidence of their association with a ‘statutory ar ea’ where those proceedings concern activities that are within, adjacent to or impacting directly on that ‘s tatutory area’. 2.10 Statutory Plans Information recording Statutory Acknowledgements for Statutory Areas covered wholly or partly by the plan must be attached to regional policy statements, regional plans and district plans. Statutory plans are required to specify that information provided in relation to Statutory Acknowledgements is for the purposes of public information only and does not form part of the plan and is not subject to the provisions of Schedule 1 of the RMA. Te Tau Ihu Statutory Acknowledgements Page 7 of 163