Incident and Response Complaints

Compliance Tools

We use a range of compliance and enforcement tools to respond to non-compliant resource consents and incidents that breach our plans or national regulations:

Education: These are sent when a minor breach has been reported and/or to educate on the relevant consent conditions, rules, and applicable regulations.

Formal warnings: This approach is applied when the potential harm to the environment or individuals from a breach is minimal, aiming to take proactive steps to enhance compliance and prevent future occurrences.

Infringement notice: This is issued when failing to adhere to a consent condition or rules necessitates a more official response, and a fee must be paid

Abatement notices: These are issued when non-compliance with consent conditions or rules requires works to cease and/or where remediation is required.

Enforcement orders: These are applied to more serious offenses, issued by the Environment Court, and mandate the cessation of activities, the implementation of specific actions, and/or the payment of costs.

Prosecution: For higher level offending, establishes the guilt or innocence of an accused party, which may result in penalties such as fines or imprisonment.