Resource Management Act 1991

283 Non-attendance or refusal to co-operate

• (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), no person shall, without reasonable cause—

  • (a) fail to appear in accordance with a summons issued by an Environment Judge or an Environment Commissioner, or fail to produce anything that he or she is required to produce by such a summons; or

  • (b) refuse to be sworn or give evidence at proceedings before the court; or

  • (c) refuse to answer any questions put by a member of the court during proceedings before the court.

  (2) A person need not comply with subsection (1) if he or she was not given travelling expenses in accordance with the scale for witnesses in civil cases under the District Courts Act 1947 either—

  • (a) at the time the summons was served; or

  • (b) at some reasonable time before the hearing.

  Section 283(1)(a): amended, on 2 September 1996, pursuant to section 6(2)(b) of the Resource Management Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 160).

  Section 283(1)(a): amended, on 2 September 1996, pursuant to section 6(2)(c) of the Resource Management Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 160).

  Section 283(1)(b): amended, on 2 September 1996, pursuant to section 6(2)(a) of the Resource Management Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 160).

  Section 283(1)(c): amended, on 2 September 1996, pursuant to section 6(2)(a) of the Resource Management Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 160).