New Zealand Legislation: Regulations

26 Control of gas

• (1) No person may allow the discharge of gas to air from a landfill.

  (2) Subclause (1) does not apply if the landfill has a system for the collection of gas from the landfill—

  • (a) that is designed and operated to ensure that any discharge of gas from the surface of the landfill does not exceed 5 000 parts of methane per million parts of air; and

  • (b) in which the gas is—

    • (i) flared in accordance with regulation 27; or

    • (ii) used as a fuel or for generating electricity.