Press Release – LGNZ Community voice is critical to getting the Resource Management (RM) Reform right, says Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ). LGNZ President Stuart Crosby said councils will be looking carefully at the exposure draft of the Natural and Built Environment …
Community voice is critical to getting the Resource Management (RM) Reform right, says Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ).
LGNZ President Stuart Crosby said councils will be looking carefully at the exposure draft of the Natural and Built Environment Act that released today with a view to how it will improve upon the existing Resource Management Act (RMA) and not place a further burden on communities.
Tuesday, 29 June 2021, 12:49 pm
Community voice is critical to getting the Resource
Management (RM) Reform right, says Local Government New
Zealand (LGNZ).
LGNZ President Stuart Crosby said
councils will be looking carefully at the exposure draft of
the Natural and Built Environment Act that released today
with a view to how it will improve upon the existing
Resource Management Act (RMA) and not place a further burden
on communities.
“The Government is rightly taking a
red pen to the RMA, with the first exposure draft released
today. But after years of system failure, we all know it’s
critical to get it right. This can only be achieved with
Tuesday, 29 June 2021, 11:14 am
The Government Has Released The First Draft Of One Of The
Proposed Laws Meant To Replace The 30-year-old Resource
Management Act.
The “exposure draft” of the
Natural and Built Environments Bill discusses mandatory
environmental limits for a “minimum acceptable state” or
a “maximum amount of harm” that can be caused to the
environment. It will also set out outcomes meant to protect
the environment. In a unique process, the exposure draft
will be put out for public feedback before it is introduced
to the House.
The SMC asked experts to comment on the
news.
Dr Nicholas Kirk, Environmental Social