Section 43 — Resource Management Act 1991: Regulations prescribing national environmental standards

43 Regulations prescribing national environmental standards (1) The Governor-General may, by Order in Council, make regulations, to be known as national environmental standards, that prescribe any or all of the following technical standards, methods, or requirements: (a) standards for the matters referred to in section 9 , section 11 , section 12 , section 13 , section 14 , or section 15 , including, but not limited to— (i) contaminants: (ii) water quality, level, or flow: (iii) air quality: (iv) soil quality in relation to the discharge of contaminants: (b) standards for noise: (c) standards, methods, or requirements for monitoring. (2) The regulations may include: (a) qualitative or quantitative standards: (b) standards for any discharge or the ambient environment: (c) methods for classifying a natural or physical resource: (d) methods, processes, or technology to implement standards: (e) exemptions from standards: (f) transitional provisions for standards, methods, or requirements. (3) Section 360(2) applies to all regulations made under this section. Subsection (2) was amended, as from 7 July 1993, by section 31 Resource Management Amendment Act 1993 (1993 No 65) by omitting the expression “ and (3) ” . Section 43 was substituted, as from 20 May 2003, by section 18 Resource Management Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 23). See sections 109 to 113 of that Act as to the transitional and savings provisions. Subsection (1)(a) was amended, as from 10 August 2005, by section 27 Resource Management Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 87) by inserting the expression “ section 11, ” after the expression “ section 9, ” . See sections 131 to 135 of that Act as to the transitional provisions.