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99A: Mediation
or “Allowing people to talk through their disagreements with the help of a neutral person”
You could also call this:

“This law explains when a meeting must be held to talk about someone's request to use resources.”

The law says that a hearing for a resource consent application doesn’t always have to happen. You only need a hearing in two situations:

  1. If the people in charge of giving consent think a hearing is necessary.

  2. If you (the person asking for consent) or someone who made a comment about your application wants to be heard. But if they change their mind and say they don’t want to be heard anymore, then you don’t need a hearing.

This means that sometimes, decisions about resource consents can be made without having a formal hearing. It depends on what the consent authority thinks is needed and what you and other people involved want.

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Next up: 100A: Hearing by commissioner if requested by applicant or submitter

or “If someone asks, a special person can listen to and decide about building plans instead of the council.”
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Part 6 Resource consents
Hearings

100Obligation to hold a hearing

  1. A hearing need not be held in accordance with this Act in respect of an application for a resource consent unless—

  2. the consent authority considers that a hearing is necessary; or
    1. either the applicant or a person who made a submission in respect of that application has requested to be heard and has not subsequently advised that he or she does not wish to be heard.

      Notes
      • Section 100: amended, on , by section 95 of the Resource Management Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 23).