Submission by to the Ministry for the Environment (MfE)

Submission by to the Ministry for the Environment (MfE) on the Proposed National Policy Statement for Natural Hazard Decision- making (NPS – NHD) November 2023 SUBMISSION BY BUSINESSNZ1 TO THE MINISTRY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT ON THE PROPOSED NATIONAL POLICY STATEMENT FOR NATURAL HAZARD DECISION-MAKING (NPS-NHD) 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BusinessNZ welcomes the opportunity to make a submission to the Minist. [...] 1.6 Requiring all physical development to be in the scope of the proposed NPS-NHD would be cumbersome and is unnecessary given that most developers face strong market incentives to ensure any infrastructure they build is fit for the purpose for which it was developed in the first place – taking into account the costs and benefits of same. [...] As a result of the above, and the uncertainty surrounding the definition of risk, a number of infrastructure providers supplying critical services for a public benefit consider that they should be excluded from the application of the NPS-NHD if it is to proceed. [...] 2.16 Requiring all physical development to be in the scope of the proposed NPS-NHD would be cumbersome and is unnecessary given that most developers face strong market incentives to ensure any infrastructure they build is fit for the purpose for which it was developed in the first place – taking into account the costs and benefits of same. [...] As a result of the above, and the uncertainty surrounding the definition of risk, a number of infrastructure providers supplying critical services for a public benefit consider that they should be excluded from the application of the NPS-NHD if it is to proceed.