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Legal Requirements

Meeting legal requirements is an essential part of sustainable practices. Explore these legal resources to get a better understanding of what laws your business should be complying with.

  

Resources About Legal Requirements
Links to downloadable Approved Codes of Practice for the use of a variety of different equipment or substances. Source: Department of Labour
| Resource type: Links Codes of Practice |
User Comments: Easy to find the specific code of practice you're looking for

Comprehensive compliance guides relating to various substances (eg. Chlorine spirits and fortified wines) and industries (eg. Dairy farmers fruit growers). Source: Environmental Risk Management Authority NZ
| Resource type: Fact Sheets |
User Comments: Really great to find specifc information outlining all you need to know and what you must do to comply depending on the chemicals used in your business

Resource Management Act 1991. The purpose of this Act is to promote the sustainable management of natural and physical resources. Scroll down to find links relevant to you. Source: New Zealand Government
| Resource type: Act Law legal document |
User Comments:

Check out the bylaws some city and district councils have in place many are to do with trade waste wastewater and water supply. Source: Local Government Online
| Resource type: Links Bylaws legal documents |
User Comments: Interesting to read about the environmental bylaws so many cities and districts have in place

List of all bylaws applicable in Invercargill City area. Source: Invercargill City Council
| Southland Specific resourceSouthland Specific |
User Comments: Nice fresh website

Lists the various bylaws the Southland District Council has in place with links to download the bylaw document. Source: Southland District Council
| Resource type: Links bylaws legal documents | Southland Specific resourceSouthland Specific |
User Comments: Check out the sustainability-focussed bylaws: sanitary landfill solid waste stormwater drainage trade waste wastewater and water supply

Provides the forms and resources you'll need to apply for a resource consent and also takes you through the process of application. Source: Ministry for the Environment
| Resource type: Fact sheet Links |
User Comments: Step-by-step process is very useful.

Best practice guidance for planning on a range of topics Source: Ministry for the Environment
| Resource type: Website |
User Comments: This is designed for councils but if you are preparing a resource consent its uesful to see the best practice the council should be following including case law particularly with some topics like climate change.

Information on the resource consent process and forms. Source: Environment Southland
| Resource type: Website forms |
User Comments: It's probably only worth looking if you know you need resource consent.

Links to council websites and boundary maps Source: Local Government New Zealand
| Resource type: Directory |
User Comments: Good directory to use when looking for information about your local council

Ministry for the Environment. Information about the Laws and Treaties Legislation. Links to acts that are administered by the Ministry for the Environment Source: Ministry for the Environment
| Resource type: Website directory |
User Comments: Thorough list of Acts with laws that touch on resource managemetn etc

Local Government online internet portal which has local news events and a resource library etc Source: Local Government
| Resource type: Website Links |
User Comments: Everything you need to know about Local Government all found in one website

Resource Management Act 1991. The purpose of this Act is to promote the sustainable management of natural and physical resources. Scroll down to find links relevant to you. Source: Parliamentary Counsel Office
| Resource type: Website Guide Glossary |
User Comments: Sets out the entire RMA

New Zealand Legislation -Regulations that relate to the environment Source: Parliamentary Counsel Office
| Resource type: Links |
User Comments: "Results from a search done with ""environment"" in them"

 
  

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