Resource Management Act 1991

100A Hearing by commissioner if requested by applicant or submitter

• (1) This section applies in relation to an application for a resource consent if—

  • (a) the application is notified; and

  • (b) in accordance with section 100, a hearing of the application is to be held.

  (2) The applicant, or a person who makes a submission on the application, may request in writing that a local authority delegate its functions, powers, and duties required to hear and decide the application in accordance with subsection (4).

  (3) The request must be made no later than 5 working days after the closing date for submissions on the application.

  (4) If the local authority receives a request under subsection (2), it must delegate, under section 34A(1), its functions, powers, and duties required to hear and decide the application to 1 or more hearings commissioners who are not members of the local authority.

  Section 100A: inserted, on 1 October 2009, by section 78 of the Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 31).