206Conduct of hearing

1. The Minister shall, without delay, provide a special tribunal with the application in respect of which it has been appointed and any other relevant information received or held by the Minister.

2. Repealed

3. Sections 39, 40 to 42, 99 to 100, and 101 shall, with all necessary modifications, apply in respect of an application to a special tribunal as if—

4. every reference in those sections to a consent authority were a reference to the special tribunal; and
5. every reference in those sections to a resource consent were a reference to a water conservation order.

6. However, section 101(2) does not apply to the application, and the date for the commencement of the hearing is as follows:

7. if the special tribunal gives a direction under section 41B, the date must be within 40 working days after the closing date for submissions on the application:
8. if the special tribunal does not give a direction under section 41B, the date must be within 25 working days after the closing date for submissions on the application.

9. In addition, any hearing must be held at a place determined by the special tribunal that is near the water body to which the application relates.

Notes

• Section 206(2): repealed, on 1 October 2009, by section 122(1) of the Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 31).
• Section 206(3): amended, on 3 March 2015, by section 121(1) of the Resource Management Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 63).
• Section 206(3A): inserted, on 3 March 2015, by section 121(2) of the Resource Management Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 63).
• Section 206(4): replaced, on 3 March 2015, by section 121(3) of the Resource Management Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 63).