These regulations, which come into force on 5 October 2023, amend the Resource Management (Stock Exclusion) Regulations 2020 (the principal regulations).

The amendments modify the definition of low slope land to exclude—

• land that exceeds 10 degrees in slope, despite the land being marked as low slope land on the map incorporated by reference in the definition; and

• Crown land administered under the Conservation Act 1987 or the Crown Pastoral Land Act 1998 that is used under lease or licence for grazing of stock, where a limit on the number of stock that can be grazed on that land is in place.

The amendments also provide an exemption from the application of regulations 14 to 18 in respect of the Upper Taieri Scroll Plain. The effect is that the rules about beef cattle and deer on low slope land and exclusion of stock from natural wetlands will not apply to the Upper Taieri Scroll Plain.

A new Part 2 is inserted in Schedule 1. New Part 2 provides an exemption from regulation 8(1) if a permanent fence or riparian vegetation that effectively excludes stock from the bed of the lake or wide river is in place on 5 October 2023. The definition of permanent fence in Part 1 of Schedule 1 does not apply in respect of permanent fences referred to in new Part 2.