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Resource Management Act 1991

Declarations, enforcement, and ancillary powers - Emergency activities undertaken by certain rural landowners and occupiers

331B: Owner or occupier of rural land may take emergency preventive or remedial measures

You could also call this:

“People living in the countryside can act quickly to stop or fix emergencies on their land.”

You can no longer use this part of the law. It was about owners or people living on rural land being allowed to take emergency actions to prevent or fix problems. This section of the law will stop working on 1 April 2024. If you want to know more about why this change happened, you can look at section 331F(1) of the Resource Management Act 1991.

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"These rules explain when and how farmers can do emergency work on their land without special permission."

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Part 12 Declarations, enforcement, and ancillary powers
Emergency activities undertaken by certain rural landowners and occupiers

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331BOwner or occupier of rural land may take emergency preventive or remedial measures (Repealed)

    Notes
    • Section 331B: repealed, on the , by section 331F(1).