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Resource Management Act 1991

Standards, policy statements, and plans - National direction - National environmental standards

43C: Relationship between national environmental standards and water conservation orders

You could also call this:

"How national environmental standards and water conservation orders work together to protect New Zealand's water"

When you look at rules about water, you need to know about national environmental standards and water conservation orders. If a water conservation order is stricter than a national environmental standard for water, the order is more important. You should consider that a national environmental standard for water can also be stricter than a water conservation order, and in that case, the standard is more important. The rules about national environmental standards and water conservation orders are part of the Resource Management Act 1991, which you can find more information about on the New Zealand legislation website.

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Part 5Standards, policy statements, and plans
National direction: National environmental standards

43CRelationship between national environmental standards and water conservation orders

  1. A water conservation order that is more stringent than a national environmental standard applying to water prevails over the standard.

  2. A national environmental standard applying to water that is more stringent than a water conservation order prevails over the order.

Notes
  • Section 43C: replaced, on , by section 29 of the Resource Management Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 87).