s 88, Schedule 1
Schedule 4 heading: amended, on 1 October 2009, by section 150 of the Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 31).
Subject to the provisions of any policy statement or plan, an assessment of effects on the environment for the purposes of section 88 should include—
(a) a description of the proposal:
(b) where it is likely that an activity will result in any significant adverse effect on the environment, a description of any possible alternative locations or methods for undertaking the activity:
(c) [Repealed]
(d) an assessment of the actual or potential effect on the environment of the proposed activity:
(e) where the activity includes the use of hazardous substances and installations, an assessment of any risks to the environment which are likely to arise from such use:
(f) where the activity includes the discharge of any contaminant, a description of—
(i) the nature of the discharge and the sensitivity of the proposed receiving environment to adverse effects; and
(ii) any possible alternative methods of discharge, including discharge into any other receiving environment:
(g) a description of the mitigation measures (safeguards and contingency plans where relevant) to be undertaken to help prevent or reduce the actual or potential effect:
(h) identification of the persons affected by the proposal, the consultation undertaken, if any, and any response to the views of any person consulted:
(i) where the scale or significance of the activity's effect are such that monitoring is required, a description of how, once the proposal is approved, effects will be monitored and by whom.
Schedule 4 clause 1: amended, on 1 August 2003, by section 94(a) of the Resource Management Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 23).
Schedule 4 clause 1(c): repealed, on 7 July 1993, by section 225 of the Resource Management Amendment Act 1993 (1993 No 65).
Schedule 4 clause 1(h): substituted, on 10 August 2005, by section 129(2) of the Resource Management Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 87).
To avoid doubt, clause 1(h) obliges an applicant to report as to the persons identified as being affected by the proposal, but does not—
(a) oblige the applicant to consult with any person; or
(b) create any ground for expecting that the applicant will consult with any person.
Schedule 4 clause 1AA: inserted, on 10 August 2005, by section 129(3) of the Resource Management Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 87).
An assessment of effects on the environment for the purposes of section 88 must include, in a case where the activity for which a resource consent is sought will, or is likely to, have adverse effects that are more than minor on the exercise of a protected customary right, a description of possible alternative locations or methods for the exercise of the proposed activity (unless written approval for the proposed activity is given by the protected customary rights group).
Schedule 4 clause 1A: substituted, on 1 April 2011, by section 128 of the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011 (2011 No 3).
Subject to the provisions of any policy statement or plan, any person preparing an assessment of the effects on the environment should consider the following matters:
(a) any effect on those in the neighbourhood and, where relevant, the wider community including any socio-economic and cultural effects:
(b) any physical effect on the locality, including any landscape and visual effects:
(c) any effect on ecosystems, including effects on plants or animals and any physical disturbance of habitats in the vicinity:
(d) any effect on natural and physical resources having aesthetic, recreational, scientific, historical, spiritual, or cultural, or other special value for present or future generations:
(e) any discharge of contaminants into the environment, including any unreasonable emission of noise and options for the treatment and disposal of contaminants:
(f) any risk to the neighbourhood, the wider community, or the environment through natural hazards or the use of hazardous substances or hazardous installations.