Guidance notes updated for the Resource Management Amendment Act 2009
The following list contains Quality Planning guidance notes that have been updated with respect to the Resource Management Amendment Act 2009 (RMAA 2009)
The first of the updated guidance notes will be available from 1 October 2009. Notes being updated first include those on plan making, enforcement and consents, followed by notes on monitoring and plan topics. Updated guidance notes will appear on the list below once they have been updated.
Further information on RMAA 2009 changes can be found on the Ministry for the Environment's website including an overview and 'Questions and Answers', detailed fact sheets and the RMAA 2009 seminar presentation.
Note: While care has been taken to update guidance to reflect the RMAA 2009 changes some examples, case studies and publications that are relevant in part, but which do not fully reflect all current legislative requirements, remain. These examples, case studies and relevant publications will be updated to reflect RMAA 2009 material as new practices are established.
Updated version of QP Consolidated RMA
Plan Development
- Private plan changes
- e-RMA
- Alternative dispute resolution
- Making plans operative
- Developing the policy framework
- Section 32 - Methods of implementation
- State of the environment monitoring
- Policy and plan effectiveness monitoring
- Facilitating consultation with tangata whenua
- Consultation for plan development
- Council engagement with tāngata whenua for RMA processes - a Ngai Tahu case study
- Notifying proposed plans
- Writing provisions for regional and district plans
- Structuring and organising regional and district plans
- Designations and requirements in proposed district plans
- Submissions on a plan
- Use of commissioners
- Notices of requirement and outline plans
Plan Topics
Consents
- To notify or not to notify? That is the question!
- Resource consents, compliance and complaints monitoring
- Issuing a resource consent
- Reading and interpreting titles
- Consultation for resource consents
- Receipt of an application
- Assessing the application and the assessment of environmental effects
- Requesting further information
- Consent processing - administration
- Frequently asked questions about Cultural Impact Assessments (CIAs)
- Administering resource consent charges
- Contracting out resource consent processing
- Non-notified resource consents
- Recommending the duration and lapse period
- Certificates of compliance
- Notified and limited notified resource consent applications
- Pre-application
- Frequently Asked Questions on Iwi Management Plans
- Making a decision on the application
- Setting charges for processing and monitoring consents under the RMA
- Resource consent conditions
Monitoring
RMA Enforcement
- Investigation of incidents
- Application for a declaration
- Mandatory directives:
Abatement notices, enforcement orders and water shortage directions - Imposing penalties:
Environmental infringement notices and prosecutions - Managing noise through enforcement
- Emergency powers
- Enforcing plans and consents, Existing use rights, Section 17, Costs, Service of documents and Environment Court practice notes
- Terms and definitions, forms and checklists
- Case law summaries
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