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Foundations - National instruments - National standards

61: National rules must be clearly identified

You could also call this:

"National rules must be clearly labelled so you can easily identify them."

If a national standard is a national rule, it must say so clearly. You will know it is a national rule because the standard will identify itself as one. A national rule might be part of a land use plan, but it does not have to be.

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60: What national standards can do, or

"How National Standards Control What You Can and Can't Do"

62: Amendments to national standards without full process, or

"The Minister can make quick changes to national standards without the usual process for good reasons."

Part 2Foundations
National instruments: National standards

61National rules must be clearly identified

A national standard that is a national rule must be clearly identified as such by the standard.
A national rule may (but does not have to) be included in a land use plan.