NEW ZEALAND: Resource Management Act 1991 - Reprint as at 1 July 2013

Meta Data
Draft: 
No
Revision of previous policy?: 
Yes
Draft Year: 
2013
Effective Start Year: 
2013
Effective End Year: 
2013
Scope: 
National
Document Type: 
Act
Economic Sector: 
Multi-Sector
Energy Types: 
All
Issued by: 
Government of New Zealand - Ministry for the Environment
Source: 
New Zealand Legislation - Parliamentary Counsel Office
File: 
Resource Management Act 1991 - Reprint as at 1 July 2013.pdf
Overall Summary: 
An Act to restate and reform the law relating to the use of land, air, and water. Its purpose is to promote the sustainable management of natural and physical resources.
Efficiency
EE priorities: 
In achieving the purpose of this Act, all persons exercising functions and powers under it, in relation to managing the use, development, and protection of natural and physical resources, shall have particular regard to—[...]the efficiency of the end use of energy.
Renewable Energy
RE priorities: 
In achieving the purpose of this Act, all persons exercising functions and powers under it, in relation to managing the use, development, and protection of natural and physical resources, shall have particular regard to—[...] the benefits to be derived from the use and development of renewable energy.
Environment
Pollution control action plans: 
[W]hen making a rule to control the discharge into air of greenhouse gases under its functions [...], a regional council must not have regard to the effects of such a discharge on climate change, except to the extent that the use and development of renewable energy enables a reduction in the discharge into air of greenhouse gases, either— (a)in absolute terms; or (b)relative to the use and development of non-renewable energy.
Investment
Project permitting: 
No person may take, use, dam, or divert any open coastal water, or take or use any heat or energy from any open coastal water, in a manner that contravenes a national environmental standard or a regional rule unless the activity— (a)is expressly allowed by a resource consent; or (b)is an activity allowed by section 20A.