New Zealand Legislation: Acts

25 Environment Judge may conduct inquiry alone by agreement

• An Environment Judge or alternate Environment Judge, sitting alone or with any other member of the Environment Court shall, if both the Minister or local authority and the objector agree, have jurisdiction to conduct the inquiry under section 24 of this Act and to report on the inquiry and make recommendations in respect of it.

  Compare: 1928 No 21 s 22A(2)

  Section 25 was amended, as from 16 December 1983, by section 38(2) Town and Country Planning Amendment Act 1983 (1983 No 149) by substituting the words “a Planning Judge or an alternate Planning Judge” for the words “the Chairman of any Division of the Planning Tribunal, or the alternative Chairman”.

  Section 25 was amended, as from 1 October 1991, by section 362 Resource Management Act 1991 (1991 No 69) by omitting the words “Notwithstanding anything in section 134 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1977”. Note: it would appear that the amendment provision should also have omitted the comma after the expression “1977”.

  The words “Environment Court” were substituted, as from 2 September 1996, for the word “Tribunal” pursuant to section 6(2)(a) Resource Management Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 160).

  The words “Environment Judge” were substituted, as from 2 September 1996, for the words “Planning Judge” pursuant to section 6(2)(b) Resource Management Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 160).