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Amendments to Water Services Act 2021 and consequential amendments - Amendments to Water Services Act 2021

116: New section 138A inserted (Repeal of provisions relating to National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management)

You could also call this:

"New law section added to remove old freshwater management rules"

The law is changing to add a new section called 138A. You can find this new section after section 138 in the law. This new section is about repealing some provisions related to the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management.

The Governor-General can repeal some parts of the law by Order in Council. You can read more about Orders in Council in the Legislation Act 2019. The Minister must recommend this repeal.

The Minister can only make this recommendation when the Minister for the Environment does something with the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management. This can be recommending a new national policy statement under the Resource Management Act 1991, or reviewing, changing, or revoking the current one. The Minister for the Environment uses sections 52 and 53 of the Resource Management Act 1991 to do this.

When the Governor-General makes an Order in Council, it is secondary legislation. You can learn more about what this means by reading Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019. This explains how secondary legislation is published.

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Part 5Amendments to Water Services Act 2021 and consequential amendments
Amendments to Water Services Act 2021

116New section 138A inserted (Repeal of provisions relating to National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management)

  1. After section 138, insert:

    138ARepeal of provisions relating to National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management

    1. The Governor-General may, by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the Minister, repeal section 138(3A) and (3B) and this section.

    2. The Minister may make a recommendation under subsection (1) only when the Minister for the Environment—

    3. recommends the approval of a new national policy statement under section 52 of the Resource Management Act 1991 to replace the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management; or
      1. reviews, changes, or revokes the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management under section 53(1) of the Resource Management Act 1991.

        1. An Order in Council made under this section is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

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