Consent compliance and enforcement

When a resource consent is granted, the responsibility is on you, the consent holder, to comply with its conditions. Those conditions were agreed by you when you signed the consent.

All consents are monitored by the ARC to see if conditions are complied with. We may also visit if we receive a complaint from someone about an activity which:

• has breached any limits in your resource consent resulting in potential damage to the environment, or
• is outside an existing consent.

We may take samples and photos and decide if any kind of enforcement action in needed. Your resource consent has a condition that allows us to access your property at all reasonable times.

Sometimes you are required to monitor your own activities, and forward the results to us for auditing. At present you can upload your bore water results electronically. This service may be extended to other activities at a later date.

What if I have complied with my consent conditions?

We will tell you at the time of our visit if you are fully complying with consent conditions. You will then be billed the actual and reasonable costs of the monitoring undertaken.

What if I haven't complied with my consent conditions?

If you do not comply with the conditions placed on your consent, and the problem can't be resolved through discussion, then we may take enforcement action. You will be advised by us if this is to happen.

You may get an infringement notice (fine) or abatement notice, or we may take other legal action which can be costly and result in a criminal conviction.