National Guidance on Infrastructure
National Policy Statements (NPSs) and National Environmental Standards (NESs) are mechanisms for providing national policy guidance to local authorities on matters of national significance.
As part of the 2004 review of the Resource Management Act , Cabinet invited the Minister for the Environment and the Minister for Economic Development to consider NPSs and NESs for the infrastructural issues to improve expression of the national interest :
For each infrastructure issue, it is generally proposed that a reference group be set up, comprising relevant departments and key stakeholder groups, to:
- Develop a detailed outline of what the proposed NPS would cover (and not cover);
- Confirm whether an NPS appears likely to be beneficial; and
- Identify and scope related National Environmental Standards.
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