Report and recommendation of the review panel: Severe Weather Emergency Recovery (Resource Management - Time Extensions) Order 2023 and Severe Weather Emergency Recovery (Resource Management – Extension of Water Permits) Order 2023

Abstract

As required under section 16 of the Severe Weather Emergency Recovery Legislation Act 2023, this is the Review Panel report, recommendation and comments on two draft Orders-In-Council to facilitate recovery from specified severe weather events. The Panel's recommendation that the Minister may conclude that the draft Orders are necessary and/or desirable was subject to amendments to the orders and the Minister's attention was drawn to the potential for some people not affected by the events to gain some advantage from the Orders.