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217J: Records that must be kept by regional council
or “The regional council must keep track of important information about farms and their water protection plans.”
You could also call this:

“Regional councils must choose people to check and review farm plans, following special rules.”

A regional council has to choose people for two important jobs: certifiers and auditors. They must pick at least one person for each job.

When the regional council chooses these people, they need to make sure the people meet certain rules. These rules are written in special documents called regulations.

The council can only give someone one of these jobs if they are sure the person follows all the rules in the regulations.

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Next up: 217KA: Regional council may approve industry organisation to provide certification or audit services

or “A regional council can allow a farming group to check and approve farm water plans if they meet certain rules.”
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Part 9A Freshwater farm plans

217KRegional council must appoint certifiers and auditors

  1. A regional council must—

  2. appoint 1 or more certifiers; and
    1. appoint 1 or more auditors.

      1. A regional council may make an appointment under this section only if satisfied that criteria prescribed in regulations have been met.

      Notes
      • Section 217K: inserted, on , by section 64 of the Resource Management Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 30).