New Zealand Legislation: Regulations

16 Regional council must give public notice if standard breached

• (1) A regional council must give public notice if the ambient air quality standard for a contaminant is breached in an airshed in its region.

  (2) The notice must—

  • (a) be given periodically, at least once a month, until the standard is no longer being breached; and

  • (b) be given in accordance with the Act; and

  • (c) include—

    • (i) the name of the contaminant to which the notice relates; and

    • (ii) the time and place at which the standard was breached; and

    • (iii) the extent to which the standard was breached.