Explanatory note
This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect.
These regulations—
amend regulation 2 of the principal regulations so that the general standards for intensive winter grazing in regulations 26 and 27 of the principal regulations come into force on 1 May 2022, rather than 1 May 2021; and
Until regulations 26 and 27 come into force, the effect of regulation 29 is that the use of farm land for intensive winter grazing, or a discharge of a contaminant associated with that use, is a permitted activity if—
land on the farm was used for intensive winter grazing between the start of 1 July 2014 and the close of 30 June 2019; and
at all times, the area of the farm that is used for intensive winter grazing is no greater than the maximum area of the farm that was used for intensive winter grazing in that period.
If the activity is not a permitted activity under regulation 29, it is a discretionary activity under regulation 30 of the principal regulations.
Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.
Date of notification in Gazette: 22 April 2021.
These regulations are administered by the Ministry for the Environment.