Resource Management (Natural and Built Environment and Spatial Planning Repeal and Interim Fast-track Consenting) Bill
This bill cancels two recent laws — the Natural and Built Environment Act 2023 and the Spatial Planning Act 2023 — and brings back the older Resource Management Act 1991 as the main set of rules for how land and resources can be used in New Zealand. It keeps some parts of the cancelled laws running temporarily, especially a fast-track process that lets big projects get approved more quickly, until a new version of that process can be set up under the older law.
What this affects
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The main environmental law for deciding what can be built or done on land and water goes back to the 1991 rules instead of the newer 2023 ones.
The Natural and Built Environment Act 2023 (2023 No 46) is repealed.
The Spatial Planning Act 2023 (2023 No 47) is repealed.
reinstate the Resource Management Act 1991 (the RMA) as the primary legislation for New Zealand's resource management system
Progress through Parliament
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