Water Services Act 2021

Standards, enforcement, and other matters - Provisions relating to stormwater networks

139B: Stormwater environmental performance standards: application of certain provisions of Resource Management Act 1991

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"Rules for stormwater to protect the environment"

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If a stormwater environmental performance standard applies to something you are doing, certain rules from the Resource Management Act 1991 will apply. These rules are like the standards being a part of a district or regional plan that has been approved. The rules that apply are sections from the Resource Management Act 1991, which you can find on the Resource Management Act 1991 website, including section 10, section 10A, section 10B, and section 20A(2).

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Part 3Standards, enforcement, and other matters
Provisions relating to stormwater networks

139BStormwater environmental performance standards: application of certain provisions of Resource Management Act 1991

  1. Subsection (2) applies if a stormwater environmental performance standard applies to an activity that is permitted, or otherwise allowed without a resource consent, under the Resource Management Act 1991.

  2. The following provisions of the Resource Management Act 1991 apply to the activity as if the stormwater environmental performance standard were a rule in a district plan or regional plan (as applicable) that has become operative:

  3. section 10:
    1. section 10A:
      1. section 10B:
        1. section 20A(2).
          Notes
          • Section 139B: inserted, on , by section 160 of the Local Government (Water Services) (Repeals and Amendments) Act 2025 (2025 No 43).