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New Zealand Legislation: Regulations

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Resource Management (Forms, Fees, and Procedure) Regulations 2003

(SR 2003/153)

Note

These regulations are administered in the Ministry for the Environment.

Pursuant to section 360(1) of the Resource Management Act 1991, Her Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following regulations.

Contents

3 Interpretation

General provisions on forms

4 Use of prescribed forms

5 Forms must be accompanied by documents required by forms

Forms and procedure for policy statements and plans

6 Prescribed forms for policy statements

7 Requirements for serving notice of appeal against decision on proposed policy statements or plan

8 Requirements for serving notices of appeal against decision on requirement in plan or proposed plan

Forms and procedure for resource consents

9 Prescribed forms for resource consents

10 Service of applications for resource consents or for review of conditions

10A Discretion to require notice to be affixed to site

Forms and procedure for designations and heritage orders

11 Prescribed forms for designations and heritage orders

12 Service of notice of requirement

12A Discretion to require notice to be affixed to site

Forms for water conservation orders

13 Prescribed forms for water conservation orders

14 Prescribed forms relating to esplanade and access strips

15 Service of applications for variation or cancellation of esplanade strips

Forms for Environment Court

16 Prescribed forms for Environment Court

General procedure for Environment Court

17 How proceedings are commenced

18 How notice of proceedings and other documents must be lodged

19 Proceedings and documents to be lodged with proper office of Environment Court

20 Registrar must fix date and time of hearings, and notify relevant persons

21 Requirements for serving witness summons

22 Registrar must return exhibits after determination of proceedings

Specific procedure for applications to Environment Court

23 How to make applications for which no other procedure provided

24 Service of applications for waiver or directions

25 Application for interlocutory order

Specific procedure for appeals to Environment Court

26 Appellant must notify Registrar of persons served with certain notices of appeal

27 Registrar must notify decisions on appeals and inquiries to relevant persons

Forms for declarations, enforcement orders, and abatement notices

28 Prescribed forms for declarations, enforcement orders, and abatement notices

Specific procedure for interim enforcement orders

29 Application for interim enforcement orders may be made to Environment Court or District Court

30 Interim enforcement order must attach advice

31 Refused interim enforcement order may be treated as application for enforcement order

Specific procedure for declarations and enforcement orders

32 Applicant must notify Registrar of persons served with application for declaration

33 Applicant must lodge affidavit as to service of application for enforcement order or change or cancellation of enforcement order

34 Application fees

36 Fees are inclusive of GST

Schedule 1
Forms

Schedule 2
Application fees

Explanatory note

Gazette information