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...COURT FROM FEDERATED FARMERS OF NEW ZEALAND PLAN CHANGE 7 (16 MARCH 2021) 2 May it please the court [1] Federated Farmers of New Zealand (‘Federated Farmers’) is a party to Proposed Plan Change 7 (Water Permits). [2] Federated Farmers has read the Court’s minute dated today, 16 March 2021, regarding Otago Regional Council’s further evidence and changed positions. We are very concerned with Council’s amended position, given primary...
...enables the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment ("the Subcommittee") to exercise in New Zealand its functions and powers set out in the Optional Protocol. The Subcommittee is permitted to visit any place under the Crown's jurisdiction or control where persons are deprived of their liberty (cl 19), to have unrestricted access to such information as is necessary for the proper performance of its functions (cl 18),...
...statement, I have participated expert witness caucusing and the preparation of a Joint Witness Statement (primary sector), and in the initial briefing of subsequent caucusing groups. REGIONAL PLAN: WATER FOR OTAGO Proposed Plan Change 7 (Water permits) Rate of Take and Volume of Water Taken 3. Rule 10A.3.1 (controlled activity status) sets rates and volumes of take for resource consents to replace Deemed Permits or existing water permits which expire prior to 31 December 2025. R...
...6.1. The Mackenzie District Council has adopted a correct interpretation of rules 12.1.1.g, 12.1.1.h and rule 15 of the Mackenzie District Plan. The combination of these rules has provided exceptions to otherwise proscribed vegetation clearance to permit legitimate farming activities and development in very limited circumstances. That interpretation has 3/4 been relied upon by farmers for many years in the context of undertaking farm activities. 6.2. There is no evidence t...
...costs. REASONS Introduction [1] This matter relates to an appeal by Erion Figueiredo against an abatement notice issued by Northland Regional Council, prohibiting the commencement of any open burning not authorised by a resource consent or permitted by a rule in the Regional Air Quality Plan for Northland or the Proposed Northland Regional Plan. 2 Withdrawal of the Abatement Notice [3] On 16 October 2020, counsel for Northland Regional Council filed a memorandum advising t...
...NPSFM 2020 to potentially remain in force until 2031. However, as this only applies to the Upper Lakes rohe and the Catlins FMU this is likely to be relatively low risk, given the relatively lower levels of abstraction and low numbers of deemed permits in those FMUs. Also, it is likely that most or all replacements of deemed permits will have terms expiring before 2030, given that the deemed permits themselves finally expire on 1 October 2021. 15. The other rohe and FMUs include mo...
...March 2021 for Otago Regional Council will be adequately addressed in so far as it affects Wise Response’s submissions through the expert witness conferences. [5] We note that while those clarifications are related to Trustpower’s deemed permits, and Wise Response is not engaged in that expert conferencing, the real relevance will lie in the primary sector conference in which our expert witness Dugald MacTavish will be participating. [6] My apologies for the delay in respond...
...– Schedule 10A.4 primary/irrigation; (b) Presentation of Joint Witness Statement Schedule 10A.4: Planning; (c) Presentation of Joint Witness Statement Schedule 10A.4: CA and RDA Rules; (d) Presentation of Joint Witness Statement on deemed permits and associated rights of priority. (e) Dr Somerville QC1 Date: 21 May 2021 P J Page Counsel for OWRUG 1 Not really.
...decision deals with both applications together. [7] Vortac’s essential argument is that if the purpose of the order, as expressed in it, is to ensure compliance with a particular rule in a plan, then if the present state of the works is within the permitted standards of that rule there is no longer any reason to remove such works. [8] The Council’s essential response is that a person who is subject to an order made as part of the sentence on conviction for an offence should not...
...successfully. The protocol expired upon the expiry of the Epidemic Notice issued under the Epidemic Preparedness Act 2006. The Law Commission has recommended the process continue in their report urging reform in this area. The Adoption Act 1955 permits adoption applications to be considered by the Court when the applicants and the child/children are not physically in New Zealand. Amendments to the Family Court Rules now permit electronic filing of applications and the use of remo...