Resource Management Legislative Developments
Resource Management (Consenting and Other System Changes) Amendment Bill
The Government has announced that it will suspend councils’ mandatory RMA requirements to undertake plan and regional policy statement reviews every 10 years, and the requirement to implement national planning standards. It will also extend the restriction on notifying freshwater planning instruments. Councils will be required to withdraw plan reviews and changes that have not started hearings as soon as possible and within 90 days of the law coming into effect. This is being actioned through an Amendment Paper to the Resource Management (Consenting and Other System Changes) Amendment Bill, which is expected to become law next month.
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Stephen Blakeley is a Senior Legal Editor, Writer & Editorial Coordinator in the New Zealand Analytical Law team at Thomson Reuters. He has more than 20 years' experience in legal publishing in New Zealand, Australia and the UK.