Chapter 14 - Rules having immediate legal effect Under Section 86B(3) of the RMA the rules and standards specified in the table below have immediate legal effect from 9 June 2016. The associated definitions, appendices and overlays applicable to those rules also have immediate legal effect. In circumstances where a rule has a mixture of standards that have immediate legal effect and standards that do not have immediate legal effect, the standards that have immediate legal effect only are identified. Rule Number Standard Number(s) 14.1.13 to 14.1.17 All (inclusive) 14.4.1 1 n/a 14.4.4 n/a 14.5.1 to 14.5.6 2 n/a (inclusive) 1 The rule has immediate legal effect if the activity does not meet standards identified in this table that are applicable to the activity. 2 Although these prohibited activity rules have immediate legal effect, Section 87(b)(1) of the RMA requires that a prohibited activity rule must be treated as a discretionary activity until the rule is made operative.