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Nutrient trading programme: Incorporation into Environment Bay of Plenty regional plan (advice from Chapman Tripp)
Abstract
This report provides an outline of the steps that will need to be taken to introduce a nutrient trading programme by way of a Plan Change to the Bay of Plenty Regional Plan. As discussed in a previous report, we believe that a trading policy can be introduced within the context of the Resource Management Act through this method. To achieve this the Plan Change will need to: outline the issues motivating and the objectives of the Plan Change; define the land uses and discharge activities that will be covered by the Plan Change, and those that will be excluded; outline the basic provisions of the nutrient trading programme; specify how compliance will be monitored and enforced; and set up a governance body to facilitate future changes to the policy.
Link to previous report: www.motu.org.nz/publications/detail/nutrient_trading_in_lake_rotorua_legal_mechanisms.
Citation
Law, Cameron. August 2010. "Nutrient trading programme: Incorporation into Environment Bay of Plenty regional plan," advice from Chappman Tripp.
Motu code: MEL0583
JEL codes: Q53, Q57, Q58