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@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-\section{The resource consent process}
-
-\subsection{Before the application}
+\section{Before the application}
 
 In New Zealand development activities are regulated through regional
 and district plans.  These plans are prepared by the regional and
@@ -32,7 +30,7 @@ special interest to the Maori \parencite{ME960}.
 - any results of consultation must be included in the AEE
 
 
-\subsection{Review and notification}
+\section{Review and notification}
 
 After the application is lodged and the AEE submitted, the council
 will process it.  If the AEE is considered lacking, the council may
@@ -82,7 +80,7 @@ submitted.
 
 
 
-\subsubsection{The importance of reviews}
+\subsection{The importance of reviews}
 
 The review of the application and the AEE and the decision whether to
 notify the application or not (and to what degree) is the first step
@@ -145,7 +143,7 @@ decisions follows an upward trend in recent years.
 % guidelines to assess the quality of an AEE \parencite{miller2010implementing}.
 
 
-\subsubsection{The importance of plan quality and coverage}
+\subsection{The importance of plan quality and coverage}
 
 Often the quality and coverage of activities in the council's plan
 determine whether or not the expected effects of a development
@@ -174,7 +172,7 @@ individual proposals and hence do not support quick amendment
 procedures.
 
 
-\subsubsection{The implementation gap}
+\subsection{The implementation gap}
 
 The links between plan quality, plan implementation through AEE review
 and resource consent decisions, and environmental outcomes were the
@@ -222,7 +220,7 @@ Summarising the effect of capacity on consent processing practice,
 \end{quote}
 
 
-\subsection{Submissions, hearings and decision-making}
+\section{Submissions, hearings and decision-making}
 
 For those applications that the responsible council has determined
 will have impacts on the environment that are more than minor and that
@@ -271,7 +269,7 @@ the public. The report is hence strongly influenced by the applicant's
 input.
 
 
-\subsubsection{Information access}
+\subsection{Access to information and representation}
 
 It is of utmost importance that an assessment of environmental effects
 be detailed enough and understandable for interested members of the
@@ -334,7 +332,7 @@ groups have announced they would be appealing to the Environment
 Court \parencite{goldenlink-appeal}.
 
 
-\subsubsection{The value of submissions from the public}
+\subsection{The value of submissions from the public}
 
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