Pursuant to section 167 of the Resource Management Act 1991, I, the Minister for the Environment, give the following notice.

Notice

1. Title and commencement—(1) This notice is the Resource Management (Approval of Waimakariri Irrigation Limited as a Requiring Authority) Notice 2016.

(2) This notice shall come into force on the 28th day after its publication in the New Zealand Gazette.

2. Approval as requiring authority—Waimakariri Irrigation Limited is hereby approved as a requiring authority under section 167 of the Resource Management Act 1991, in respect of the following network utility operations:

• Construction, operation, maintenance, upgrading, replacement, relocation and repair of a network of assets for the distribution of water for supply (including irrigation and stockwater)

Dated at Wellington this 6th day of July 2016.

Hon Dr NICK SMITH, Minister for the Environment.