Press Release – Environmental Defence Society The release of the Cabinet paper outlining the governments plans for resource management reform provides an insight into the thinking that is going on following last years recommendations from the Randerson Panel. Overall, the architecture …
The release of the Cabinet paper outlining the government’s plans for resource management reform provides an insight into the thinking that is going on following last year’s recommendations from the Randerson Panel.
“Overall, the architecture of a future system outlined in the paper is as expected,” said Gary Taylor, EDS CEO.
“It closely follows the core features of the Panel’s recommendations, including repealing the RMA and enacting three separate pieces of legislation: the Natural and Built Environments Act, the Strategic Planning Act and the Climate Change Adaptation Act. It also echoes many of the recommendations we made as part of our own multi-year RM reform project which i
The release of the Cabinet paper outlining the government’s plans for resource management reform provides an insight into the thinking that is going on following last year’s recommendations from the Randerson Panel. “Overall, the architecture .
Press Release – Science Media Centre
The Government has signalled its intention to scrap the 30-year-old Resource Management Act (RMA) and replace it with three new pieces of legislation.
Comprising more than 800 pages, the RMA is one of the most complex pieces of law in New Zealand. The three new acts to replace it would be the Natural and Built Environments Act (NBA), the Strategic Planning Act, and the Climate Change Adaptation Act. The announcement follows an independent review of the RMA last year.
The SMC asked experts to comment on this announcement.
Professor Troy Baisden, Environmental Research Institute, University of Waikato, comments:
Wednesday, 10 February 2021, 5:17 pm
The Government has signalled its intention to scrap the
30-year-old Resource Management Act (RMA) and replace it
with three new pieces of legislation.
Comprising more
than 800 pages, the RMA is one of the most complex pieces of
law in New Zealand. The three new acts to replace it would
be the Natural and Built Environments Act (NBA), the
Strategic Planning Act, and the Climate Change Adaptation
Act. The announcement follows an independent
review of the RMA last year.
The SMC asked experts
to comment on this
announcement.
Professor Troy
Baisden, Environmental Research Institute, University of
Waikato, comments: