“If you wish to become a party to the proceedings, you must lodge a notice of your wish to be a party to the proceedings (in form 33) with the Environment Court and serve copies of your notice on the relevant local authority and the appellant within 15 working days after—
“You must serve copies of your notice on all other parties within 5 working days after the period for lodging this notice with the Environment Court ends.
“You may apply to the Environment Court under section 281 of the Resource Management Act 1991 for a waiver of the above timing requirements (see form 38).
“Your right to be a party to the proceedings in the court may be limited by the trade competition provisions in section 274(1) and Part 11A of the Resource Management Act 1991.
“How to be heard on this application
“If you wish to be heard on this application, you must lodge a notice (in form 37) with the Environment Court and serve a copy of the notice on the applicant within 15 working days after you were served with this notice.”