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Resource Management Act 1991

Environment Court - Special advisors

259: Special advisors

You could also call this:

“Helping the Environment Court make good decisions with expert advice”

The Chief Environment Court Judge can choose a special advisor to help the Environment Court make decisions. You might wonder who can be a special advisor - it is someone who has skills that can assist the Environment Court. The special advisor is not a member of the court but can sit with the court and help it.

The court decides how the special advisor can assist, so you might see them helping in different ways. The special advisor can give advice and help the court understand complex issues. This means the court can make better decisions with the special advisor’s help.

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Part 11 Environment Court
Special advisors

259Special advisors

  1. The Chief Environment Court Judge may appoint as a special advisor a person who is able to assist the Environment Court in a proceeding before it.

  2. A special advisor is not a member of the court but may sit with it and assist it in any way the court determines.

Notes
  • Section 259(1): amended, on , by section 75 of the Resource Management Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 30).
  • Section 259(1): amended, on , pursuant to section 6(2)(a) of the Resource Management Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 160).
  • Section 259(2): amended, on , pursuant to section 6(2)(a) of the Resource Management Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 160).