Resource Management Act 1991

Duties and restrictions under this Act - Miscellaneous provisions

22: Duty to give certain information

You could also call this:

"Tell the officer who you are if they think you're breaking environmental rules"

When an enforcement officer thinks you are breaking rules under this Part, they can ask you for information. You have to give the officer your full name, address, and date of birth if you are a person. If you are not a person, like a company, you have to give the officer your full name and address.

The officer can also ask you for information about someone else if you are breaking rules for them. You have to give the officer that person's full name, address, and date of birth if they are a person. If that person is not a person, like a company, you have to give the officer their full name and address.

The enforcement officer gets this power from the Resource Management Act 1991 and changes made by the Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Act 2009.

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21: Avoiding unreasonable delay, or

"Everyone must do their jobs quickly and not waste time when following the rules in this law."

23: Other legal requirements not affected, or

"This law reminds you that you still need to follow other rules even if you follow this one."

Part 3Duties and restrictions under this Act
Miscellaneous provisions

22Duty to give certain information

This section applies when an enforcement officer has reasonable grounds to believe that a person (person A) is breaching or has breached any of the obligations under this Part.
The enforcement officer may direct person A to give the officer the following information:
if person A is a natural person, his or her full name, address, and date of birth:
if person A is not a natural person, person A's full name and address.

The enforcement officer may also direct person A to give the officer the following information about a person (person B) on whose behalf person A is breaching or has breached the obligations under this Part:
if person B is a natural person, his or her full name, address, and date of birth:
if person B is not a natural person, person B's full name and address.

Notes

Section 22: replaced, on 1 October 2009, by section 21 of the Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 31).