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Natural Environment Bill

Foundations - National instruments - National instruments

68: Role and application of national instruments

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"National instruments help guide New Zealand's environmental rules and policies"

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The proposed law says national instruments will guide how we manage natural resources. You will see them used for policies and rules about the environment. They will help standardise how things are done. National instruments can apply to the whole of New Zealand or just a specific area. You might see them used for local government processes too. This means they can help with how local councils work with the natural resource system.

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Part 2Foundations
National instruments: National instruments

68Role and application of national instruments

  1. The role of national instruments is to provide centralised direction to the natural resource system—

  2. on matters relating to natural resource policy and regulation, including by standardising approaches to how activities are enabled and their effects regulated; and
    1. on local government processes and procedures under this Act relating to the operation and administration of the natural resource system.

      1. National instruments may apply to all of New Zealand or to any specified district, region, or part of New Zealand.