Resource Management Act 1991

Environment Court

247: Planning Tribunal re-named Environment Court

You could also call this:

"The Planning Tribunal is now called the Environment Court"

The Environment Court is a special court that already exists and will keep working. You can think of it as the same court that used to be called the Planning Tribunal. It has the power to make decisions and judgments like any other court.

The Environment Court gets its power from laws like the Resource Management Act 1991 and other laws. It can do all the things that a regular court can do. This means it has all the usual powers that a court of record has.

The Environment Court was previously known as the Planning Tribunal, but it was renamed, you can find more information about this change in the Resource Management Amendment Act 1996. This change happened on 2 September 1996. The court's new name is the Environment Court, and it keeps all its old powers.

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Part 11Environment Court

247Planning Tribunal re-named Environment Court

  1. There shall continue to be a court of record called the Environment Court which shall be the same court as the court called the Planning Tribunal immediately before the commencement of this section and which, in addition to the jurisdiction and powers conferred on it by or pursuant to this Act or any other Act, shall continue to have all the powers inherent in a court of record.

Notes
  • Section 247: replaced, on , by section 6(1) of the Resource Management Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 160).