Supporting evidence for Government freshwater work programme
The Government considered reports and advice from advisory groups and other experts before announcing new rules and regulations under the Essential Freshwater policy package.
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The policy package has changed because of the findings of these reports, feedback from consultation and changing political and economic circumstances brought by the Covid-19 response and advice from officials.
The core economic impact reports have been updated to reflect the final policy package. Many of the other reports use earlier versions of the policy package and have not been able to be updated. This means that in these other reports the costs will appear higher than the impacts assessed for the final package.
Reports used in the development of the Action for freshwater proposals
The Ministry released multiple reports that were used to develop the Action for Freshwater proposals. While some of the policies changed following the feedback from the consultation and the Independent Advisory Panel, these reports still contain useful information for understanding the impacts and effects of the proposals and how the proposals were developed.
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