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Oct 23, 2024 | 
lexology.com | David Allen |David Randal |Jennifer Caldwell |Thaddeus Ryan |Vanessa Evitt |Victoria Brunton
The Environment Select Committee issued its report on the Fast-track Approvals Bill on 18 October 2024 (the Report). The purpose of the Fast-track Approvals Bill (the Bill) is to facilitate the delivery of infrastructure and development projects with significant regional or national benefits. Notably this legislation is proposed to be more enabling for development and broader in scope than previous fast-track legislation.
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Oct 21, 2024 | 
lexology.com | David Allen |David Randal |Jennifer Caldwell |Thaddeus Ryan |Vanessa Evitt |Victoria Brunton
The Select Committee has now issued its report on the Fast-track Approvals Bill (the Report). The purpose of the Fast-track Approvals Bill (the Bill) is to provide a streamlined 'one stop shop' decision-making process to facilitate the delivery of infrastructure and development projects with significant regional or national benefits. The Bill was introduced by the Government to Parliament in March 2024.
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Sep 17, 2024 | 
lexology.com | David Allen |David Randal |Jennifer Caldwell |Vanessa Evitt |Victoria Brunton |Thaddeus Ryan
The Fast-track Approvals Bill was introduced by the Government to Parliament on Thursday 7 March 2024. The purpose of the Bill is to provide a streamlined 'one stop shop' decision-making process to facilitate the delivery of infrastructure and development projects with significant regional or national benefits. Notably this legislation is proposed to be more enabling for development and (in particular) broader in scope than previous fast-track legislation.
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May 24, 2024 | 
lexology.com | David Allen |David Randal |Jennifer Caldwell |Thaddeus Ryan |Vanessa Evitt |Cedric Carranceja | +11 more
As previously signalled (refer to RMA reforms continue at pace), the Government has introduced the Resource Management (Freshwater and Other Matters) Amendment Bill to provide some 'quick win' reforms to the Resource Management Act (RMA). The intention is to help deliver its wider policy outcomes on reducing regulation on the primary sector, to in turn improve the primary sector's profitability and boost export earnings.
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Apr 23, 2024 | 
lexology.com | David Allen |David Randal |Jennifer Caldwell |Vanessa Evitt |Thaddeus Ryan |Cedric Carranceja | +11 more
With the submission period for the Fast-track Approvals Bill only just having closed, and fresh from announcing the Government’s intention to extend port coastal permits for a further 20 years (joining aquaculture), the Government has now provided its intentions for its anticipated May 2024 round of RMA reforms - Urgent changes to system through first RMA Amendment Bill.
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Apr 22, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Anna Rosa Parker |David Broadmore |Jennifer Caldwell |Julia Gabrielle |Jack Parker |Lisa Bazalo | +2 more
On Earth Day, it's timely to reflect on hot legal topics relating to climate change and sustainability. Environmental matters unsurprisingly continue to be at the forefront of issues that businesses and public sector entities need to grapple with. The summaries below highlight some of the key issues and developments that experts across our teams are seeing in this area. Resource management reformThe Government recently introduced the Fast-track Approvals Bill.
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Apr 4, 2024 | 
lexology.com | David Allen |David Randal |Jennifer Caldwell |Vanessa Evitt |Thaddeus Ryan |Cedric Carranceja | +11 more
The Government introduced the Fast-Track Approvals Bill to Parliament on Thursday 7 March 2024. As outlined in our recent Fast-Track Approvals Bill article, submissions to the select committee close on 19 April 2024. The Bill includes three pathways for projects to access the Fast-Track process, either by being listed in Schedule 2, or by a referral application and Ministerial approval similar to the current Fast-Track referral processes.
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Mar 26, 2024 | 
lexology.com | David Allen |David Randal |Jennifer Caldwell |Vanessa Evitt |Thaddeus Ryan |Cedric Carranceja | +11 more
Details of the Government's proposed overhaul of the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) have been released.
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Mar 12, 2024 | 
lexology.com | David Allen |David Randal |Jennifer Caldwell |Thaddeus Ryan |Vanessa Evitt |Cedric Carranceja | +11 more
The Government introduced the Fast-Track Approvals Bill to Parliament on Thursday 7 March 2024. This legislation is proposed to be more enabling for development and (in particular) broader in scope than previous fast-track legislation. The Bill had its first reading under urgency, but will undergo the standard select committee process, allowing opportunity for submissions.
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Mar 8, 2024 | 
lexology.com | David Allen |Vanessa Evitt |Jennifer Caldwell |David Randal |Thaddeus Ryan
The long-awaited and much heralded Fast-Track Approvals Bill has now been released. This has been expected as part of the Government's 100-day plan. Although fast-track consenting is nothing new, this regime is fundamentally more enabling, and broader in its scope, than previous fast track legislation. It is the "dramatic change" referred to by the Prime Minister. On the other hand, the Environmental Defence Society has described it as "the government's war on nature" going "nuclear".
