This Supplementary Order Paper replaces SOP No 273. It amends the Resource Legislation Amendment Bill to recognise the importance of—

• the rights of property owners to use their land as they wish (unless it is necessary to restrict those rights under the Resource Management Act 1991);

• having flexible land supply to support changes in population and urban development demand;

• the construction and operation of infrastructure; and

• the benefits accruing to a region from the use and development of natural and physical resources within that region.

The wording of clause 5, new section 6(i) to (l) and new clause 5A, section 7(d) is from the Resource Management Summary of Reform Proposals 2013.