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217O: Nitrogenous fertiliser defined
or “This law explains what plant food with nitrogen in it means when talking about how it affects water and nature.”
You could also call this:

“People must follow rules about sharing information on fertiliser sales to help protect water.”

If rules are made under section 217Q, you must follow them if you are part of a group mentioned in those rules. These rules are about two main things:

  1. Collecting information about buying and selling fertiliser that contains nitrogen.

  2. Giving this information to certain people or groups. These could be the EPA (Environmental Protection Authority), your local regional council, or other specific people or groups named in the rules.

You need to do both of these things if the rules say you should.

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Part 9B Effect of nitrogenous fertiliser on freshwater quality and freshwater ecosystems

217PObligation to comply with regulations

  1. If regulations made under section 217Q are in force, a person of a class specified in regulations must comply with any requirements in regulations relating to—

  2. the collection of information relating to or arising from the sale and purchase of nitrogenous fertiliser; and
    1. the provision of that information to the EPA, a regional council, a specified agency, or a specified person or class of persons.

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