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120: Right to appeal
or “You can challenge decisions about resource consents by taking your case to a special court.”
You could also call this:

“This explains how to file an appeal, including what to write and when to send it.”

When you want to appeal a decision under section 120, you need to follow a specific process. You must fill out a special form that explains why you’re appealing and what you want to happen. You also need to include any other information that the rules say you must provide. You have to send this form to the Environment Court and to the group that made the decision you’re appealing. You need to do this within 15 working days of when you received notice of the decision.

After you’ve sent your appeal to the Environment Court, you need to make sure that everyone else mentioned in section 120 gets a copy of your appeal notice too. You have 5 working days to do this after you’ve sent it to the Environment Court.

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Part 6 Resource consents
Appeals

121Procedure for appeal

  1. Notice of an appeal under section 120 shall be in the prescribed form and shall—

  2. state the reasons for the appeal and the relief sought; and
    1. state any matters required by regulations; and
      1. be lodged with the Environment Court and served on the consent authority whose decision is appealed within 15 working days of notice of the decision being received in accordance with this Act.

        1. The appellant shall ensure that a copy of the notice of appeal is served on every person referred to in section 120 (other than the appellant) within 5 working days of the notice being lodged with the Environment Court.

        2. Repealed
        Notes
        • Section 121(1)(c): amended, on , pursuant to section 6(2)(a) of the Resource Management Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 160).
        • Section 121(2): amended, on , pursuant to section 6(2)(a) of the Resource Management Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 160).
        • Section 121(3): repealed, on , by section 93 of the Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 31).