When you look at the rules for regional pest management plans, you need to know how they work with other laws. If a regulation made under the Biosecurity Act 1993 or any other Act disagrees with a rule, the regulation is more important. The regulation will be followed instead of the rule.

If a rule in a national pest management plan disagrees with another rule, the rule in the national pest management plan is more important. This also applies to rules in national pathway management plans, they are more important than other rules. A rule will also be more important than a bylaw of a local authority if they disagree.

You should also know that a plan can only make the Crown liable to meet obligations or costs if it is because of a good neighbour rule in the plan. This is the only way a plan can cause the Crown to have to pay for something, and it is done through a good neighbour rule or by taking action to enforce one. The Biosecurity Law Reform Act 2012, which can be found at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM3388250, made some changes to these rules.