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Emergency Powers

This note has been updated for 2017 and 2020 amendments but not updated for best practice.

This guidance note is the sixth of seven guidance notes that form the RMA Enforcement Manual.

  • Introduction
  • Context for the Use of Emergency Powers
  • Delegations Under s330 of the RMA
  • Emergency Powers Under Other Legislation
  • Emergency Works and Resource Consents
  • Powers and Procedures – s330 of the RMA
  • Powers of Network Utility Operators and a Person in Charge of a Public Work
  • Determining Whether to Take Action Under s330 of the RMA
  • Requirement to Advise Consent Authority – ss330A and 330B of the RMA
  • Being Prepared for an Emergency Works Situation Under s330 of the RMA
  • Compensation for Emergency Works – s331 of the RMA
  • Enforcement in the Relation to Emergency Powers
  • Defences for Persons Not Authorised Under s330(1) of the RMA
  • Good Practice Examples

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    • Terms. Definitions, Forms and Checklists
    • Enforcement Case Law Summaries
  • Related Laws
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  • Introduction
  • Context for the Use of Emergency Powers
  • Delegations Under s330 of the RMA
  • Emergency Powers Under Other Legislation
  • Emergency Works and Resource Consents
  • Powers and Procedures – s330 of the RMA
  • Powers of Network Utility Operators and a Person in Charge of a Public Work
  • Determining Whether to Take Action Under s330 of the RMA
  • Requirement to Advise Consent Authority – ss330A and 330B of the RMA
  • Being Prepared for an Emergency Works Situation Under s330 of the RMA
  • Compensation for Emergency Works – s331 of the RMA
  • Enforcement in the Relation to Emergency Powers
  • Defences for Persons Not Authorised Under s330(1) of the RMA
  • Good Practice Examples

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