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Natural Environment Bill

Foundations - Key instruments - Provisions of key instruments

31: Meaning of rule

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"What a 'rule' means in the Natural Environment Bill"

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You will see the term 'rule' in this proposed law. A rule refers to a part of a key instrument that does certain things. It can classify activities as permitted, restricted, or prohibited. You can think of a rule as something that sets conditions for activities. It can specify what you need to do to carry out a permitted activity. It can also set conditions for restricted or discretionary activities. A rule can also be about applications for natural resource permits. It can say what information you need to include in your application. It can even specify whether your application needs to be notified to the public. Some rules can also be found in a natural environment plan. These rules can allocate natural resource activities or set requirements for certain processes, like market-based allocation or comparative permitting, as outlined in sections like section 99 and section 100.

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Part 2Foundations
Key instruments: Provisions of key instruments

31Meaning of rule

  1. A rule means a provision of a key instrument that does any of the following:

  2. classifies activity as a permitted, restricted discretionary, discretionary, or prohibited activity:
    1. specifies conditions for carrying out a permitted activity (permitted activity rules):
      1. specifies conditions for carrying out a restricted discretionary or discretionary activity:
        1. reserves matters of discretion in relation to a restricted discretionary activity:
          1. specifies requirements for information to be included in an application for a natural resource permit:
            1. specifies whether an application for a natural resource permit for an activity must be notified or precluded from being notified for public or targeted submissions.

              1. A provision of a natural environment plan that does either of the following is also a rule:

              2. allocates a natural resource activity in accordance with section 99:
                1. sets requirements relating to a market-based allocation process or comparative permitting process in accordance with section 100.