RMA Needs Overhauling - Shirley

"The Resource Management Act is fundamentally flawed and needs overhauling", ACT New Zealand Environment and Conservation Spokesman Ken Shirley told an audience in Hamilton today.

In a speech to the ACT Waikato regional conference, Mr Shirley said the RMA was beyond fine-tuning and tinkering, and now required a fundamental re-examination of its framework, structure and premise.

"The RMA fails the basic requirement for all legislation to be sound in principle and incentive - it must be overhauled," Mr Shirley said.

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