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Bylaw 2008

Bylaws are rules or regulations that are created to control specific activities within New Plymouth District. Bylaws help ensure that our community is safe, healthy and vibrant. Their purposes include:

• Requiring activities to be licensed; to ensure that activities are carried out in a safe and responsible manner.
• Informing the community about acceptable standards of behaviour in public places.
• Promoting a nuisance free environment, i.e. through rules on the keeping of animals.
• Ensuring that the public can safely use public land.

Bylaws are a useful way of dealing with particular local nuisance problems. They focus on issues that the Council determines are significant enough to pass enforcement options.

Our bylaws are under review. Read the proposed bylaws and have your say.

The New Plymouth District Council Bylaw 2008 is made in accordance with the requirements set out in the Local Government Act 2002.

Bylaws in the New Plymouth District Council Bylaw 2008

• Amendments
• Part 1 Introduction
• Part 2 Animals
• Part 3 Cemeteries and crematorium
• Part 4 Fire prevention and smoke nuisance
• Part 5 Public places
• Part 6 Recreation and cultural facilities
• Part 7 Signs
• Part 8 Skateboards
• Part 9 Solid waste
• Part 10 Stock control
• Part 11 Trade Waste
• Part 12 Trading in public places and itinerant traders
• Part 13 Traffic
• Part 14 Wastewater
• Part 15 Water supply

Bylaws in the New Plymouth District Council Consolidated Bylaw 2000 that remain in force

• Consolidated Bylaw 2000 Part 5 Dog Control
• Consolidated Bylaw 2000 Part 19  Liquor Control
• Consolidated Bylaw 2000 Part 20 Brothels and Commercial Sex Premises
• Consolidated Bylaw 2000 Part 21 Speed Limits

Expiry of Part 6 Food Safety Bylaw

Under the proposed Food Act 2010 territorial authority bylaws relating to food safely will be repealed and a national grading system will be implemented under regulation. It is also recommended that food safety training and the recognition of competencies will be part of the new structure.

Pending this legislation, the council has allowed the current Food Safety Bylaw to expire as of 1 July 2010.

Enquiries regarding the expiry or the pending Food Act 2010 should be directed to Environmental Health.

New Plymouth District Council Bylaw Part XXXVI Airport remains in force

• Part XXXVI Airport (Amendment 3 1962)

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