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Resource Management Act 1991

Declarations, enforcement, and ancillary powers - Emergency works

331AB: Annual review of emergency response regulations

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"Checking emergency response rules are working every year"

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The Minister has to review how well the emergency response regulations are working within 12 months of them starting, and then every 12 months after that. You can find these regulations in section 331AA. The Minister must then prepare a report on this review, present it to the House of Representatives, and make the outcomes public.

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Part 12Declarations, enforcement, and ancillary powers
Emergency works

331ABAnnual review of emergency response regulations

  1. The Minister must, within 12 months after any regulation made under section 331AA comes into force, and once in every 12 months after that while the regulation remains in force,—

  2. carry out a review of the operation and effectiveness of the regulation; and
    1. prepare a report on the review; and
      1. present the report to the House of Representatives as soon as practicable after it has been completed; and
        1. make public the outcomes of the review.

          Notes
          • Section 331AB: inserted, on , by section 80 of the Resource Management (Consenting and Other System Changes) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 41).