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Resource Management Act 1991

Schedule 6: Enactments repealed

You could also call this:

“List of old laws that were cancelled when the Resource Management Act 1991 was created”

This schedule lists many laws that are no longer in effect. These laws were removed when the Resource Management Act 1991 was created. The list includes laws about different topics like clean air, geothermal energy, rivers, marine farming, and town planning.

Some of the laws in this list are very old, dating back to 1889. Others are more recent, with the newest one being from 1990. Many of these laws had been changed over time, which is why you see multiple entries for the same topic, like several amendments to the Water and Soil Conservation Act.

By removing these old laws, the Resource Management Act 1991 became the main law for managing New Zealand’s environment and natural resources. This change made it easier for people to understand and follow environmental rules because they were all in one place instead of spread across many different laws.

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Topics:

Environment and resources > Conservation

Environment and resources > Climate and energy

Environment and resources > Town planning

Government and voting > Local councils

Schedule 5: Provisions applying in respect of the Hazards Control Commission, or

“Rules for the Hazards Control Commission (no longer in use)”

Schedule 7: Regulations and orders revoked, or

“List of old environmental rules that are no longer used”

6Enactments repealed

Atomic Energy Amendment Act 1957 (1957 No 12) (RS Vol 1, p 199)

Clean Air Act 1972 (1972 No 31) (RS Vol 24, p 127)

Clean Air Amendment Act 1982 (1982 No 31) (RS Vol 24, p 192)

Clean Air Amendment Act 1986 (1986 No 79) (RS Vol 24, p 195)

Clean Air Amendment Act 1987 (1987 No 22) (RS Vol 24, p 196)

Clean Air Amendment Act 1988 (1988 No 180) (RS Vol 24, p 199)

Clutha Development (Clyde Dam) Empowering Act 1982 (1982 No 20)

Clutha Development (Clyde Dam) Empowering Amendment Act 1988 (1988 No 56)

Geothermal Energy Amendment Act 1957 (1957 No 51) (Reprinted 1975, Vol 3, p 2035)

Geothermal Energy Amendment Act 1966 (1966 No 50) (Reprinted 1975, Vol 3, p 2035)

Geothermal Energy Amendment Act 1973 (1973 No 64) (Reprinted 1975, Vol 3, p 2036)

Geothermal Energy Amendment Act 1977 (1977 No 89)

Harbours Amendment Act 1981 (1981 No 72)

Hawke's Bay Rivers Act 1919 (1919 No 22 (L))

Hawke's Bay Rivers Amendment Act 1920 (1920 No 3 (L))

Hawke's Bay Rivers Amendment Act 1930 (1930 No 16 (L))

Hawke's Bay Rivers Amendment Act 1932–33 (1932–33 No 9 (L))

Hawke's Bay Rivers Amendment Act 1933 (1933 No 15 (L))

Hawke's Bay Rivers Amendment Act 1934–35 (1934–35 No 3 (L))

Hawke's Bay Rivers Amendment Act 1936 (1936 No 9 (L))

Iron and Steel Industry Act 1959 (1959 No 100) (RS Vol 9, p 199)

Iron and Steel Industry Amendment Act 1965 (1965 No 130) (RS Vol 9, p 187)

Kumara Sludge Channel Act 1889 (1889 No 19 (L))

Marine Farming Amendment Act 1975 (1975 No 51) (RS Vol 22, p 747)

Marine Farming Amendment Act 1976 (1976 No 147) (RS Vol 22, p 748)

Marine Farming Amendment Act 1977 (1977 No 188) (RS Vol 22, p 749)

Marine Farming Amendment Act 1983 (1983 No 17) (RS Vol 22, p 749)

Marine Farming Amendment Act 1987 (1987 No 36) (RS Vol 22, p 750)

Noise Control Act 1982 (1982 No 140)

Noise Control Amendment Act 1987 (1987 No 84)

Reserves and Other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Act 1915 (1915 No 68) (RS Vol 11, p 551)

Reserves and Other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Act 1917 (1917 No 26) (RS Vol 11, p 552)

Sand Drift Act 1908 (1908 No 169) (RS Vol 11, p 315)

Statutes Amendment Act 1945 (1945 No 40) (RS Vol 11, p 554)

Town and Country Planning Act 1977 (1977 No 121) (RS Vol 16, p 521)

Town and Country Planning Amendment Act 1980 (1980 No 167) (RS Vol 16, p 650)

Town and Country Planning Amendment Act 1983 (1983 No 149) (RS Vol 16, p 653)

Town and Country Planning Amendment Act 1987 (1987 No 69)

Town and Country Planning Amendment Act 1988 (1988 No 44)

Town and Country Planning Amendment Act (No 2) 1988 (1988 No 214)

Waihou and Ohinemuri Rivers Improvement Act 1910 (1910 No 37 (L)) (Reprinted 1931, Vol 4, p 582)

Waihou and Ohinemuri Rivers Improvement Amendment Act 1958 (1958 No 101)

Waitohi River Bed Act 1889 (1889 No 15 (L))

Water and Soil Conservation Act 1967 (1967 No 135) (RS Vol 17, p 783)

Water and Soil Conservation Amendment Act 1968 (1968 No 117) (RS Vol 17, p 856)

Water and Soil Conservation Amendment Act 1969 (1969 No 114) (RS Vol 17, p 857)

Water and Soil Conservation Amendment Act 1971 (1971 No 24) (RS Vol 17, p 857)

Water and Soil Conservation Amendment Act (No 2) 1971 (1971 No 154) (RS Vol 17, p 873)

Water and Soil Conservation Amendment Act 1972 (1972 No 114) (RS Vol 17, p 876)

Water and Soil Conservation Amendment Act 1973 (1973 No 24) (RS Vol 17, p 877)

Water and Soil Conservation Amendment Act 1974 (1974 No 137) (RS Vol 17, p 887)

Water and Soil Conservation Amendment Act 1976 (1976 No 164) (RS Vol 17, p 889)

Water and Soil Conservation Amendment Act 1980 (1980 No 153) (RS Vol 17, p 889)

Water and Soil Conservation Amendment Act 1981 (1981 No 123) (RS Vol 17, p 890)

Water and Soil Conservation Amendment Act 1983 (1983 No 151) (RS Vol 17, p 891)

Water and Soil Conservation Amendment Act 1987 (1987 No 203)

Water and Soil Conservation Amendment Act 1988 (1988 No 47)

Water and Soil Conservation Amendment Act 1990 (1990 No 17)

Woodville Borough Drainage Empowering Act 1910 (1910 No 28 (L))