Changed compliance deadlines for renewed consents
The transitional provisions of the Resource Management (Measurement and Reporting of Water Takes) Regulations now apply to holders of 'renewed' or 'replaced' water permits granted after the regulations commenced on 10 November 2010.
These permit holders were previously required to comply immediately from exercising their new permit. This change will defer compliance deadlines until 10 November 2012, 2014 or 2016 depending on the rate of take allowed.
The change was formalised by the issue of the Resource Management (Measurement and Reporting of Water Takes) Notice 2011 ("the notice") in the New Zealand Gazette. The change is effective as of 24 July 2011.
As noted in the following table, compliance deadlines for other permit holders are not affected by this change.
| 'Class' of permit holder |
Effect of notice |
| Holder of a ‘renewed’ permit as described in clause 4 of the notice |
The relevant transitional deadline in Regulation 13 now applies:
- 20 litres/second or more: 10 November 2012
- 10 up to 20 litres/second: 10 November 2014
- 5 up to 10 litres/second: 10 November 2016
|
| Holder of a permit granted after 10 November that does not meet the description in clause 4 |
No change – immediate compliance is still required |
| Holders of a permit already held as at 10 November 2010 |
No change – the relevant transitional deadline in Regulation 13 still applies. |
Please note that the change also has no effect on the:
- obligation to comply with the conditions of a permit
- actual compliance obligations on any permit holder (ie, there is no change to what any permit holder must do once the regulations come into effect for that permit holder).
Last updated:12 July 2011
