Fast-track Approvals Act 2024

Fast-track approvals process - Panel consideration of substantive application - EPA powers and duties relating to substantive application

93: EPA must publish notices and other documents

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"The EPA must put important documents online for you to see for free."

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The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) must publish certain documents on a website that you can access for free. You can view these documents on an internet site that the EPA administers. The EPA will make these documents publicly available as far as possible.

When the EPA publishes these documents, they might leave out some information if they think they have a good reason to do so under the Official Information Act 1982. This means the EPA can withhold information if they would have been allowed to do so if you had requested it under that Act. You can find more information about this in the Official Information Act 1982, which is available at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM64784.

The EPA has to publish documents they receive from people or send to people, and they have to do this on their website. You can look at these documents online, and the EPA will try to make them easy to find and free to access. This helps you stay informed about what the EPA is doing.

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This page was last updated on 6 August 2025

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92: EPA powers to make certain decisions, or

"The EPA can make some decisions by itself to help things run smoothly and quickly."

94: Use of specified Act to apply for approval, or

"Applying for approval under a different law and what you need to do"

Part 2Fast-track approvals process
Panel consideration of substantive application: EPA powers and duties relating to substantive application

93EPA must publish notices and other documents

This section applies to every written notice or other document that this Act requires to be—
received by the EPA or a panel from any person; or
sent by the EPA or a panel to any person.

The EPA must publish the written notice or other document on an internet site that is administered by or on behalf of the EPA and is publicly available as far as practicable and free of charge.
In complying with subsection (1), the EPA may withhold information if the EPA is satisfied that there would be good reason to withhold the information under the Official Information Act 1982 if the information were requested under that Act.

Compare

2020 No 35 Schedule 6 cl 8(2)
2023 No 46 Schedule 10 cl 44

Notes

Section 93 compare note: editorial change made by the PCO, on 12 May 2025, under sections 86(1) and 87(l)(iii) of the Legislation Act 2019 (2019 No 58).