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Reprint as at 2 June 2017 Resource Management (Exemption) Regulations 2017 (LI 2017/21) Patsy Reddy, Governor-General Order in Council At Wellington this 20th day of February 2017 Present: The Right Hon Bill English presiding in Council These regulations are made under section 360(1)(h) of the Resource Management Act 1991 on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council.
Contents Title Commencement Interpretation Transitional, savings, and related provisions Exemption for brodifacoum Exemption for rotenone Exemption for sodium fluoroacetate Exemption for pre-feed Exemption for repellent Note Page 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 Changes authorised by subpart 2 of Part 2 of the Legislation Act 2012 have been made in this official reprint.

Note 4 at the end of this reprint provides a list of the amendments incorporated.
These regulations are administered by the Ministry for the Environment.

1 r 1 Resource Management (Exemption) Regulations 2017 Schedule 1 Transitional, savings, and related provisions Schedule 2 Conditions on exemptions Reprinted as at 2 June 2017 4 4 Regulations Title These regulations are the Resource Management (Exemption) Regulations 2017.

Commencement These regulations come into force on 1 April 2017.
Interpretation In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires,— Act means the Resource Management Act 1991 brodifacoum means— (a) (b) brodifacoum by itself; or a formulation, product, bait, or delivery system that contains brodifa- coum introduced fish means any fish that is not native to New Zealand and its waters operator means the person who discharges the relevant VTA, pre-feed, or re- pellent pre-feed means food used to attract or accustom a vertebrate pest or an intro- duced fish to a bait or delivery system before a VTA is used in the bait or deliv- ery system relevant Fish and Game Council means the Fish and Game Council (as de- fined by section 2(1) of the Conservation Act 1987) for a region in which the relevant rotenone is discharged relevant regional council means the regional council for a region in which the relevant VTA, pre-feed, or repellent is discharged repellent means a substance used to deter vertebrates that are not pests or introduced fish from touching or eating a VTA or any pre-feed rotenone means— (a) (b) rotenone by itself; or a formulation, product, bait, or delivery system that contains rotenone sodium fluoroacetate means— 1 2 3 2 Reprinted as at 2 June 2017 (a) (b) Resource Management (Exemption) Regulations 2017 r 7 sodium fluoroacetate by itself; or a formulation, product, bait, or delivery system that contains sodium flu- oroacetate 4 5 VTA means each of the following vertebrate toxic agents: brodifacoum, rote- none, and sodium fluoroacetate.
Transitional, savings, and related provisions The transitional, savings, and related provisions (if any) set out in Schedule 1 have effect according to their terms.
Exemption for brodifacoum The discharge of brodifacoum is exempt from section 15 of the Act if— (a) (b) the discharge is for the purpose of killing vertebrate pests; and the discharge is into or onto any of the following land, or into any water or air above, on, or in that land: (i) (ii) land protected by predator-proof fencing: an island of New Zealand other than the North Island or South Is- land; and (c) the operator complies with the conditions in Schedule 2.
Regulation 5(b): amended, on 2 June 2017, by regulation 4(1) of the Resource Management (Exemp- tion) Regulations 2017 Amendment Regulations 2017 (LI 2017/111).

Regulation 5(b)(i): amended, on 2 June 2017, by regulation 4(2) of the Resource Management (Ex- emption) Regulations 2017 Amendment Regulations 2017 (LI 2017/111).
6 Exemption for rotenone The discharge of rotenone is exempt from section 15 of the Act if— (a) (b) (c) (d) the discharge is for the purpose of killing introduced fish; and the discharge is into a water body whose surface, during the discharge,— (i) (ii) is less than 1 hectare in area; and is not connected to a river or an artificial watercourse; and the operator is, or is acting for, the Department of Conservation or the Ministry for Primary Industries; and the operator has first consulted the relevant Fish and Game Council about the discharge; and (e) the operator complies with the conditions in Schedule 2.
7 Exemption for sodium fluoroacetate The discharge of sodium fluoroacetate is exempt from section 15 of the Act if— (a) the discharge is for the purpose of killing vertebrate pests; and 3 r 8 8 9 Resource Management (Exemption) Regulations 2017 Reprinted as at 2 June 2017 (b) the operator complies with the conditions in Schedule 2.

Exemption for pre-feed The discharge of any pre-feed is exempt from section 15 of the Act if the oper- ator complies with the conditions in Schedule 2.
Exemption for repellent The discharge of a repellent is exempt from section 15 of the Act if the oper- ator complies with the conditions in Schedule 2.

Schedule 1 Transitional, savings, and related provisions r 4 Part 1 Provisions relating to these regulations as made There are no transitional, savings, or related provisions relating to these regulations as made.
Schedule 2 Conditions on exemptions rr 5–9 Notice of proposed discharge The operator must give written notice to the relevant regional council with the following information: (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) the objectives of the proposed discharge: the VTA, pre-feed, or repellent to be used in the proposed discharge: the bait, delivery method, application rate, or lures to be used in the pro- posed discharge: a map showing the boundaries of each proposed discharge area: the location of any warning signs for each proposed discharge area: the period during which the proposed discharge will occur in each pro- posed discharge area: (g) the name and contact details of— (i) (ii) the operator; and if the operator is acting for another person, that other person.
The operator must give the notice as early as practicable, but no later than 48 hours, before the discharge starts.

1 (1) (2) 4 Reprinted as at 2 June 2017 Resource Management (Exemption) Regulations 2017 Schedule 2 2 3 Compliance with notice of proposed discharge The operator must ensure that the discharge complies with the information in the notice of the proposed discharge.
Notice of actual discharge The operator must give written notice to the relevant regional council with the following information no later than 20 working days after the discharge ends: (a) (b) a map showing the boundaries of each discharge area: the period during which the discharge occurred in each discharge area.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 23 February 2017.

Michael Webster, Clerk of the Executive Council.


5 Notes Resource Management (Exemption) Regulations 2017 Reprinted as at 2 June 2017 Reprints notes 1 General This is a reprint of the Resource Management (Exemption) Regulations 2017 that incorporates all the amendments to those regulations as at the date of the last amendment to them.

2 Legal status Reprints are presumed to correctly state, as at the date of the reprint, the law enacted by the principal enactment and by any amendments to that enactment.
Section 18 of the Legislation Act 2012 provides that this reprint, published in electronic form, has the status of an official version under section 17 of that Act.

A printed version of the reprint produced directly from this official elec- tronic version also has official status.

3 Editorial and format changes Editorial and format changes to reprints are made using the powers under sec- tions 24 to 26 of the Legislation Act 2012.

See also http://www.pco.parlia- ment.govt.nz/editorial-conventions/.
4 Amendments incorporated in this reprint Resource Management (Exemption) Regulations 2017 Amendment Regulations 2017 (LI 2017/111) Wellington, New Zealand: Published under the authority of the New Zealand Government—2017 6