Section 214 — Resource Management Act 1991: Making of water conservation order

214 Making of water conservation order (1) The Governor-General may, by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the Minister, make a water conservation order in respect of any water body. (2) The Minister shall not make a recommendation for the purposes of subsection (1) except in accordance with— (a) The report of the special tribunal under section 208 , where the Environment Court has not conducted an inquiry; or (b) Where the Environment Court has conducted an inquiry, the report of the Environment Court under section 213 . The words “ Environment Court ” in subsection (2) were substituted, as from 2 September 1996, for the words “ Planning Tribunal ” pursuant to section 6(2)(a) Resource Management Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 160).