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Resource Management Act 1991

Environmental Protection Authority

42C: Functions of EPA

You could also call this:

"What the Environmental Protection Authority does to help keep New Zealand's environment safe"

The Environmental Protection Authority has many jobs. You can think of it like a team that helps keep New Zealand's environment safe. The team makes recommendations to the Minister under section 144A and other sections.

The Environmental Protection Authority receives matters lodged under section 145 and makes decisions under section 139. You might be wondering what this means - it's like the team gets information and then makes choices about what to do next. The team also provides secretarial and support services to boards of inquiry and special tribunals.

The Environmental Protection Authority provides planning advice and technical advice to the Minister. This means the team helps the Minister make good decisions about the environment. The team also exercises powers and performs functions delegated to it by the Minister under section 29(4) and enforces functions under section 343F.

The Environmental Protection Authority can do other things too, like provide secretarial and support services to the Chief Freshwater Commissioner. The team's main goal is to help protect New Zealand's environment. The team follows the rules outlined in the Resource Management Act 1991.

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Part 4AEnvironmental Protection Authority

42CFunctions of EPA

  1. The functions of the Environmental Protection Authority are—

  2. to make recommendations to the Minister under section 144A in relation to a matter to which section 142(1) applies:
    1. to receive matters lodged under section 145:
      1. to make recommendations to the Minister under section 146 or 149ZB in respect of a matter referred to in paragraph (a):
        1. to receive matters under section 149B(2):
          1. to make decisions under section 139 on applications for certificates of compliance for proposals or activities that are related to proposals of national significance:
            1. to provide secretarial and support services to—
              1. a board of inquiry appointed under section 149J:
                1. a special tribunal appointed under section 202:
                2. to provide planning advice under section 149L to a board of inquiry:
                  1. if requested by the Minister, to provide secretarial and support services to a person appointed under another Act to make a decision requiring the application of provisions of this Act as applied or modified by the other Act:
                    1. if requested by the Minister, to provide advice and secretarial and support services to the Minister in relation to the Minister’s functions under the streamlined planning process (see subpart 5 of Part 5 and Part 5 of Schedule 1).
                      1. to provide technical advice to the Minister on the development of a national environmental standard:
                        1. to exercise any powers or perform any functions or duties delegated to it by the Minister under section 29(4):
                          1. to perform the enforcement functions conferred by section 343F; and
                            1. if requested by the Minister, to provide secretarial and support services to assist the Chief Freshwater Commissioner in the exercise of his or her functions and powers in respect of the freshwater planning process; and
                              1. to exercise any other functions specified in this Act.

                                Notes
                                • Section 42C: inserted, on , by section 41 of the Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 31).
                                • Section 42C(aa): inserted, on , by section 8(1) of the Resource Management Amendment Act 2011 (2011 No 19).
                                • Section 42C(ba): inserted, on , by section 8(2) of the Resource Management Amendment Act 2011 (2011 No 19).
                                • Section 42C(d): inserted, on , by section 8(3) of the Resource Management Amendment Act 2011 (2011 No 19).
                                • Section 42C(daa): inserted, on , by section 23 of the Resource Legislation Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 15).
                                • Section 42C(dab): inserted, on , by section 23 of the Resource Legislation Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 15).
                                • Section 42C(dac): inserted, on , by section 23 of the Resource Legislation Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 15).
                                • Section 42C(da): inserted, on , by section 8(4) of the Resource Management Amendment Act 2011 (2011 No 19).
                                • Section 42C(f): replaced, on , by section 12 of the Resource Management Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 30).
                                • Section 42C(g): inserted, on , by section 12 of the Resource Management Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 30).
                                • Section 42C(h): inserted, on , by section 12 of the Resource Management Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 30).