Resource Management Act 1991

308C Limit on representation at appeals

• (1) This section applies when person A wants to be a party under section 274 to an appeal to the Environment Court against a decision under this Act in favour of person B, on the ground that person A has an interest in the proceedings that is greater than the interest that the general public has.

  (2) Person A may be a party to the appeal only if directly affected by an effect of the subject matter of the appeal that—

  • (a) adversely affects the environment; and

  • (b) does not relate to trade competition or the effects of trade competition.

  Section 308C: inserted, on 1 October 2009, by section 135 of the Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 31).