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Resource Management (Exemption) Regulations 1996 (SR 1996/238) (as at 30 August 1996) – New Zealand Legislation
Resource Management (Exemption) Regulations 1996
as at 30 August 1996
(SR 1996/238)
At Wellington this 26th day of August 1996
Pursuant to section 360(1)(h) of the Resource Management Act 1991, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby makes the following regulations.
2 Exemption from section 15(1) and (2) of Resource Management Act 1991
(1) These regulations may be cited as the Resource Management (Exemption) Regulations 1996.
(1) Any biological insecticide containing Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki discharged in any manner other than from an aircraft, in accordance with Part 6 or Part 7 of the Biosecurity Act 1993, is hereby exempted from the provisions of section 15(1) and (2) of the Resource Management Act 1991.
(2) Any biological insecticide containing Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki discharged from an aircraft, in accordance with Part 6 or Part 7 of the Biosecurity Act 1993, is hereby exempted from the provisions of section 15(1) and (2) of the Resource Management Act 1991 only if that discharge is authorised in writing jointly by the Minister of Forestry, the Minister of Health, and the Minister of Conservation.
These regulations, which come into force on the day after the date of their notification in the Gazette, enable a biological insecticide containing Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki to be discharged as part of a spraying programme under Part 6 or Part 7 of the Biosecurity Act 1993, notwithstanding the prohibitions contained in section 15 of the Resource Management Act 1991 on discharging contaminants into the environment. Where the insecticide is discharged from an aircraft the discharge must be authorised jointly by the Ministers of Forestry, Health and Conservation. Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki can be used to eradicate white spotted tussock moth and other similar moths.
Date of notification in Gazette: 29 August 1996.
This is a reprint of the Resource Management (Exemption) Regulations 1996. The reprint incorporates all the amendments to the regulations as at 30 August 1996, as specified in the list of amendments at the end of these notes.