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Resource Management Act 1991

Enforcement functions of EPA

343J: EPA may require information from local authority

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“The EPA can ask local councils for information to help them deal with problems.”

The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) can ask a local authority for information if they need it to take action against someone who has broken the rules. If the EPA wants information, they have to tell the head of the local authority in writing. They also need to explain which specific incident they’re looking into. Once the local authority gets this request, they have to give the EPA the information as quickly as they can. But they can’t take more than 10 working days to do it. This helps the EPA do its job of protecting the environment by making sure they can get the information they need from local authorities.

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Part 12A Enforcement functions of EPA

343JEPA may require information from local authority

  1. The EPA may require a local authority to provide information that the EPA requires for taking an enforcement action in relation to an incident.

  2. The EPA must notify the chief executive of the local authority in writing and specify the incident for which information is required.

  3. A local authority must provide the required information to the EPA as soon as is reasonably practicable, but no later than 10 working days after the chief executive is notified.

Notes
  • Section 343J: inserted, on , by section 96 of the Resource Management Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 30).