Fast-track legislation has been used before, after the Canterbury earthquake, and the Hurunui/Kaikōura Earthquakes Recovery Act 2016 was another that modified resource consent processes to help those communities recover from the devastation wrought by the earthquakes. While wider public participation and appeal rights provided for in the standard resource consent processes under the RMA are appropriate in normal circumstances, they don't provide the speed urgently needed now. In our view, however, positive environmental outcomes don't need to be sacrificed, so this bill modifies existing RMA provisions so as to process to significantly speed them up whilst retaining environmental safeguards. Part 2 of the RMA will still apply to fast-track projects under the legislation. Furthermore, when the panel makes their decision, they've got to continue to apply the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi, and Treaty settlement obligations will also be upheld.