Resource Management Amendment Act 2004
Resource Management Amendment Act 2004
Resource Management Amendment Act 2004
Resource Management Amendment Act 2004
| Public Act | 2004 No 46 |
| Date of assent | 19 May 2004 |
Contents
The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows:
1 Title
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(1) This Act is the Resource Management Amendment Act 2004.
(2) In this Act, the Resource Management Act 1991 is called
“the principal Act”
.
2 Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
3 Appointment of Environment Judges and alternate Environment Judges
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(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:
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“(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.”
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4 Principal Environment Judge
Section 251(1) of the principal Act is amended by omitting the words
“Minister of Justice”
, and substituting the words“Attorney-General”
.
5 Appointment of Environment Commissioner or Deputy Environment Commissioner
Section 254(1) of the principal Act is amended by omitting the words
“Minister of Justice”
, and substituting the words“Attorney-General”
.
6 Resignation
Section 257 of the principal Act is amended by omitting the words
“Minister of Justice”
, and substituting the words“Attorney-General”
.
7 Protection from legal proceedings
Section 261 of the principal Act is amended by adding, as subsection (2), the following subsection:
“(2) In addition, a member of the Environment Court who is a District Court Judge also has the immunities conferred by section 119 of the District Courts Act 1947 (which confers on District Court Judges, at all times, the same immunities as a Judge of the High Court).”
Legislative history | |
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| 12 May 2004 | Divided from Judicial Matters Bill (Bill 71-2) as Bill 71-3I |
| 13 May 2004 | Third reading |