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Resource Management Act 1991

Water conservation orders

203: Special tribunal

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“A special tribunal is a small group of people who make decisions together, with a leader and rules to follow.”

If you are part of a special tribunal, you will have between 3 and 5 members. You will have a chairperson who is chosen by the Minister or by the members if the Minister does not choose one. The Minister is in charge of this decision.

You are part of a statutory Board, which means you follow the rules of the Fees and Travelling Allowances Act 1951. The Minister can decide if you get paid for your work, and if so, how much. You can also get money for travelling expenses if the Minister says it is okay.

If you are on the special tribunal, you cannot be blamed for things you do or do not do as long as you are trying to do your job properly.

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Part 9 Water conservation orders

203Special tribunal

  1. A special tribunal appointed under section 202 shall—

  2. comprise no fewer than 3, and no more than 5, members; and
    1. have a chairperson appointed either by the Minister or, if the Minister declines to do so, by the members.

      1. Every special tribunal shall be a statutory Board within the meaning of the Fees and Travelling Allowances Act 1951 and there may, if the Minister so directs, be paid to any member of a special tribunal, out of money appropriated by Parliament for the purpose,—

      2. remuneration by way of fees, salary, or allowances in accordance with that Act; and
        1. travelling allowances and travelling expenses in accordance with that Act in respect of time spent travelling in the service of the tribunal—
            1. and the provisions of that Act apply accordingly.

          1. A member of a special tribunal is not liable for anything the member does, or omits to do, in good faith in performing or exercising the functions, duties, and powers of the tribunal.

          Notes
          • Section 203(3): inserted, on , by section 120 of the Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 31).