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Resource Management Act 1991

Effect of nitrogenous fertiliser on freshwater quality and freshwater ecosystems

217Q: Regulations relating to sales information on nitrogenous fertiliser

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“Rules about recording and sharing information when farmers buy fertiliser to help protect water”

The Governor-General can make rules about collecting and sharing information when people buy fertilisers that contain nitrogen. These rules are made after the Minister talks to the Minister of Agriculture.

The rules can say that certain people must collect information when someone buys nitrogen fertiliser. This information can include things like when and where it was bought, who sold it, who bought it, what kind of fertiliser it was, how much was bought, and where it will be used.

The rules can also say how this information should be collected. They can say that the people who collect this information must share it with groups like the EPA, regional councils, or other specific people or agencies. The rules will say how and how often this information should be shared.

The rules can only allow collecting personal information about a buyer if they buy more than a certain amount of nitrogen fertiliser.

These rules are called secondary legislation. You can find out more about how they are published in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

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217P: Obligation to comply with regulations, or

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

218: Meaning of subdivision of land, or

“This law explains how land can be split up into smaller pieces, like dividing a big cake into slices.”

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

217QRegulations relating to sales information on nitrogenous fertiliser

The Governor-General may, by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the Minister after consulting the Minister of Agriculture, make regulations that—
require persons of a specified class to collect any of the following information relating to or arising from the sale and purchase of nitrogenous fertiliser:
1. the date of purchase:
2. where the purchase took place:
3. the name of the seller:
4. the name of the purchaser:
5. the type of fertiliser purchased:
6. the volume of fertiliser purchased:
7. where the fertiliser is intended to be applied; and
prescribe how the information is to be collected; and
require persons who are required under paragraph (a) to collect the information to provide it to any 1 or more of the following:
1. the EPA:
2. a regional council:
3. a specified person or class of persons:
4. a specified agency; and
specify the manner in which, and the frequency at which, that information is to be provided; and
allow the collection of personal information of a purchaser only if their purchase exceeds a prescribed volume of nitrogenous fertiliser.

Regulations under this section are secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

Notes

Section 217Q: inserted, on 1 July 2020, by section 64 of the Resource Management Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 30).
Section 217Q(2): inserted, on 28 October 2021, by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).