Resource Management Act 1991

277 Hearings and evidence generally to be public

• (1) All hearings of the Environment Court shall be held in public except as provided in subsection (2).

  (2) The Environment Court may—

  • (a) order that any evidence be heard in private:

  • (b) prohibit or restrict the publication of any evidence—

  if it considers that the reasons for doing so outweigh the public interest in a public hearing and publication of evidence.

  Section 277(1): amended, on 2 September 1996, pursuant to section 6(2)(a) of the Resource Management Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 160).

  Section 277(2): amended, on 2 September 1996, pursuant to section 6(2)(a) of the Resource Management Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 160).