New Zealand Legislation: Regulations

18 Resource consents for PM₁₀ discharges before 1 September 2013 if concentration in airshed does not breach standard

• (1) This regulation applies to an application for a resource consent to discharge PM₁₀ into an airshed—

  • (a) where the concentration of PM₁₀ in the airshed does not breach its ambient air quality standard; and

  • (b) if the application is made before 1 September 2013.

  (2) A consent authority must decline an application for a resource consent to which subclause (1) applies if the discharge to be permitted by the resource consent is likely, at any time, to cause the airshed to exceed the ambient air quality standard for PM₁₀.