Federated Farmers of New Zealand v Northland Regional Council Pays/Territoire Nouvelle-Zélande Type de cour Nationale - cour supérieure Date Mai 12, 2015 Source UNEP, InforMEA Nom du tribunal Environmental Court of New Zealand Siège de la cour Whangarei Juge LJ Newhook Numéro de référence [2015] NZEnvC 89 Langue Anglais Sujet Questions juridiques, Agriculture et développement rural Mot clé Développement agricole Agriculture et environnement OGM Prévention des risques biotechnologiques Produits agricoles Terrains agricoles Résumé In this case, the plaintiff, an association of farmers, challenges the disposition of the proposed Regional Policy Statement for Northland concerning Genetically Modified Organisms. The proposed Regional Policy Statement contained propositions with regards to control use of GMO that would reduce its use in the region.The plaintiff contests the decision of the Northland Regional Council in front of the Environmental Court on the basis that the GMO control fall under the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act (HSNO) and not the Resource Management Act (RMA). As a result, GMO control measures should be taken at the national level and regional level by regional council.The court held that the RMA does not contain any provision which overlaps with the HSNO even though the provisions of the RMA have a broader scope. As a result, the court considered that under the regional council are entitled to use the RMA to take decisions on control use of the GMO. Texte intégral Federated Farmers of New Zealand v Northland Regional Council(1).pdf 89