ORC - Statement of Evidence - Felicity Boyd - 3 September 2021 [pdf, 3.3 MB]
...14 In my opinion, Parts A to F of PC8 achieve the purpose of the Resource Management Act 1991 (the Act or RMA). While they do not, on their own, give full effect to the NPSFM 2020, I consider that the plan change is an appropriate and necessary response to the need for an interim planning regime that allows ORC to address ongoing degradation of water quality while preparing its new land and water regional plan which will give full effect to the NPSFM 2020. BACKGROUND TO PC8 15 I...