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Resource Management Act 1991

Freshwater farm plans

217G: Certification of freshwater farm plan

You could also call this:

"Getting your freshwater farm plan approved"

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If you are a farm operator, you must submit your freshwater farm plan for certification within the prescribed time frame, as required by section 217E(1AAA). The certifier will check if your plan meets the requirements in section 217F and certify it if it does. You will then be notified, and the relevant regional council will be told that your plan has been certified and the date it was certified.

The certifier has to notify the regional council as soon as possible after certifying your plan. They must tell the council that your plan has been certified and the date it was certified.

If you need to amend and recertify your freshwater farm plan because of regulations, this section still applies to you, with any necessary changes.

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Part 9AFreshwater farm plans

217GCertification of freshwater farm plan

  1. A farm operator who must, under section 217E(1AAA), submit a freshwater farm plan for certification must do so within the prescribed time frame.

  2. The certifier must certify a freshwater farm plan if the certifier is satisfied that the plan complies with the requirements in section 217F.

  3. The certifier must, as soon as practicable, notify the relevant regional council—

  4. that the freshwater farm plan has been certified; and
    1. the date on which it was certified.

      1. This section applies, with any necessary modifications, to a certified freshwater farm plan that is required by regulations to be amended and recertified.

      Notes
      • Section 217G: inserted, on , by section 64 of the Resource Management Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 30).
      • Section 217G(1): replaced, on , by section 64 of the Resource Management (Consenting and Other System Changes) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 41).