Federated Farmers of New Zealand.pdf [pdf, 358 KB]
...Paragraph 579 (second bullet) of the Hearing Panel’s recommendation (which was accepted in the Decision) clearly sets out its intention with regard to the function of the NLLR, namely: “the nitrogen leaching numbers form activity status triggers (permitted activity or requiring a consent) rather than fixing the level at or below which farming must occur.” Despite this intention, Policy 2 a and b both strongly infer use of the NLLR as a “cap” within which farming must...