Resource Management Amendment Act 2004

3 Appointment of Environment Judges and alternate Environment Judges
  • (1) Section 250(1) of the principal Act is amended by omitting the words Minister of Justice, and substituting the words Attorney-General.

    (2) Section 250 of the principal Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

    • (4) For the purposes of subsection (3)(a),——

      • (a) an Environment Judge who is acting on a full-time basis counts as 1:

      • (b) an Environment Judge who is acting on a part-time basis counts as an appropriate fraction of 1:

      • (c) the aggregate number (for example, 7.5) must not exceed the maximum number of Environment Judges that is for the time being permitted.