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Schedule 7: Regulations and orders revoked
or “List of old environmental rules that are no longer used”
You could also call this:

“List of laws and rules changed by the Resource Management Act 1991”

The Resource Management Act 1991 includes a schedule that lists many different Acts and regulations that were amended when this new law was created. These changes affected a wide range of areas, including airports, conservation, forestry, gas, housing, and local government.

The schedule is divided into two parts. The first part lists all the Acts that were changed. There are many of them, covering topics like atomic energy, fisheries, historic places, and national parks. Some of these Acts date back to the early 1900s, while others were more recent at the time.

The second part of the schedule is much shorter. It only mentions two regulations that were changed, both related to geothermal energy. These regulations were from 1961 and 1987. This shows that the Resource Management Act 1991 made changes to both laws and rules about how to use New Zealand’s natural resources.

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8Enactments amended

Amendments to Acts

  • Airport Authorities Act 1966 (1966 No 51) (RS Vol 17, p 1)
  • Atomic Energy Act 1945 (1945 No 41) (RS Vol 1, p 189)
  • Conservation Act 1987 (1987 No 65)
  • Conservation Law Reform Act 1990 (1990 No 31)
  • Environment Act 1986 (1986 No 127)
  • Fire Service Act 1975 (1975 No 42)
  • Fisheries Act 1983 (1983 No 14)
  • Forest and Rural Fires Act 1977 (1977 No 52) (RS Vol 23, p 407)
  • Forestry Encouragement Act 1962 (1962 No 20) (RS Vol 17, p 213)
  • Gas Act 1982 (1982 No 27)
  • Geothermal Energy Act 1953 (1953 No 102)
  • Harbours Act 1950 (1950 No 34)
  • Historic Places Act 1980 (1980 No 16)
  • Housing Act 1955 (1955 No 51) (RS Vol 7, p 297)
  • Income Tax Act 1976 (1976 No 65)
  • Irrigation Schemes Act 1990 (1990 No 52)
  • Lake Wanaka Preservation Act 1973 (1973 No 107) (RS Vol 24, p 363)
  • Land Act 1948 (1948 No 64)
  • Land Drainage Act 1908 (1908 No 96)
  • Land Settlement Promotion and Land Acquisition Act 1952 (1952 No 34)
  • Land Transfer Act 1952 (1952 No 52) (RS Vol 22, p 531)
  • Legal Aid Act 1969 (1969 No 47)
  • Local Authorities Loans Act 1956 (1956 No 63)
  • Local Government Act 1974 (1974 No 66)
  • Local Government Amendment Act 1978 (1978 No 43)
  • Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (1987 No 174)
  • Maori Affairs Act 1953 (1953 No 94)
  • Marine Farming Act 1971 (1971 No 29)
  • Marine Pollution Act 1974 (1974 No 14)
  • Ministry of Energy (Abolition) Act 1989 (1989 No 140)
  • National Development Act Repeal Act 1986 (1986 No 122)
  • National Parks Act 1980 (1980 No 66)
  • New Zealand Railways Corporation Act 1981 (1981 No 119)
  • New Zealand Railways Corporation Restructuring Act 1990 (1990 No 105)
  • Official Information Act 1982 (1982 No 156)
  • Ombudsmen Act 1975 (1975 No 9)
  • Property Law Act 1952 (1952 No 51)
  • Public Bodies Leases Act 1969 (1969 No 141) (RS Vol 18, p 621)
  • Public Finance Act 1989 (1989 No 44)
  • Public Works Act 1981 (1981 No 35)
  • Rating Powers Act 1988 (1988 No 97)
  • Reserves Act 1977 (1977 No 66)
  • Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Act 1940 (1940 No 13)
  • River Boards Act 1908 (1908 No 165) (RS Vol 10, p 765)
  • Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Act 1941 (1941 No 12)
  • Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Amendment Act 1959 (1959 No 48)
  • Stamp and Cheque Duties Act 1971 (1971 No 51)
  • State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986 (1986 No 124)
  • Synthetic Fuels Plant (Effluent Disposal) Empowering Act 1983 (1983 No 38)
  • Tasman Pulp and Paper Company Enabling Act 1954 (1954 No 83)
  • Transit New Zealand Act 1989 (1989 No 75)
  • Unit Titles Act 1972 (1972 No 15)
  • Valuation of Land Act 1951 (1951 No 19)
  • Whakatane Paper Mills, Limited, Water-Supply Empowering Act 1936 (1936 No 7 (P))

Regulations amended

  • Geothermal Energy Regulations 1961 (SR 1961/124)
  • Geothermal Energy Regulations 1961, Amendment No 2 (SR 1987/73)