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46A: Single process for preparing national directions
or “This law explains how the government creates rules to protect the environment in New Zealand”
You could also call this:

“National rules can include other important information to help explain things better.”

A national direction is a kind of rule that helps manage New Zealand’s resources. When making a national direction, you can include information from other documents. This is called ‘incorporating material by reference’. The rules for how to do this are explained in Schedule 1AA. This means you don’t have to repeat all the information in the national direction itself. Instead, you can refer to the other document, and it becomes part of the national direction.

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

46BIncorporation of material by reference in national direction

  1. A national direction may incorporate material by reference under Schedule 1AA.

Notes
  • Section 46B: inserted, on , by section 33 of the Resource Management Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 87).
  • Section 46B heading: amended, on , by section 38(1) of the Resource Legislation Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 15).
  • Section 46B: amended, on , by section 38(2) of the Resource Legislation Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 15).