Section 84 – Removing consent requirements and deeming consents
219.Section 84(1) provides that an infrastructure consent order may include provision that removes the requirement for a consent specified in regulations to be granted, or deems a consent specified in regulations to have been granted, if the authority who would usually grant the consent:
has given its consent to the provision being included in the order before the end of the period specified in regulations, or
has not refused its consent for the inclusion of such a provision before the end of the period specified in regulations.
220.Subsection (4) allows regulations to provide exceptions to the requirement to meet the conditions set out in subsections (2) and (3).