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Natural Environment Bill

Key roles - Functions, powers, and responsibilities of regional councils - Statutory acknowledgements

225: Obligations relating to statutory acknowledgements

You could also call this:

"Councils must meet their obligations to respect special area acknowledgements"

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If a regional council has to do something under this proposed law, you need to know they must make sure they can still meet their obligations. These obligations are about statutory acknowledgements that apply in their region. The council's work should not get in the way of fulfilling these obligations.

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Part 5Key roles
Functions, powers, and responsibilities of regional councils: Statutory acknowledgements

225Obligations relating to statutory acknowledgements

Every regional council must ensure that, in undertaking its planning and other functions and responsibilities under this subpart, its ability to fulfil the obligations relating to any statutory acknowledgements applying within, or in any part of, its region is not impeded.