Section 70B — Resource Management Act 1991: Implementation of national environmental standards

70B Implementation of national environmental standards If a national environmental standard is made to control the effects on climate change of the discharge into air of greenhouse gases, a regional council may make rules that are necessary to implement the standard, provided the rules are no more or less restrictive than the standard. Sections 70A and 70B were inserted, as from 2 March 2004, by section 6 Resource Management (Energy and Climate Change) Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 2). See sections 8 and 9 of that Act for transitional provisions relating to applications and rules made before 2 March 2004. The heading to section 70B was amended, as from 10 August 2005, by section 43(1) Resource Management Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 87) by substituting the words “ national environmental standards ” for the words “ regulations made under section 43 ” . See sections 131 to 135 of that Act as to the transitional provisions. Section 70B was amended, as from 10 August 2005, by section 43(2)(a) Resource Management Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 87) by substituting the words “ a national environmental standard is made ” for the words “ regulations are made under section 43 ” . See sections 131 to 135 of that Act as to the transitional provisions. Section 70B was amended, as from 10 August 2005, by section 43(2)(b) Resource Management Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 87) by substituting the word “ standard ” for the word “ regulations ” in both places where it appears. See sections 131 to 135 of that Act as to the transitional provisions.