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Resource Management Act 1991

Environment Court - Officers of court

260: Registrar and other officers

You could also call this:

"People who help the Environment Court run smoothly, like the Registrar and their assistants."

The Environment Court has a Registrar to help it. You can think of a Registrar like a person who helps the court run smoothly. The court may also have one or more Deputy Registrars and other people to assist with administration. The Registrar, Deputy Registrars, and other people who help the court are appointed under the Public Service Act 2020. They are all officers of the court. A Deputy Registrar has the same powers as the Registrar, but the Registrar is in charge. You can be an officer of the court and have another job in the public service at the same time.

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Part 11Environment Court
Officers of court

260Registrar and other officers

  1. The Environment Court—

  2. shall have a Registrar; and
    1. may have 1 or more Deputy Registrars; and
      1. may have other persons to assist it in an administrative capacity.

        1. The Registrar, a Deputy Registrar, and every other person assisting the court shall—

        2. be appointed under the Public Service Act 2020; and
          1. be officers of the court.

            1. A Deputy Registrar has all the powers, functions, duties, and immunity of the Registrar subject to the control of the Registrar.

            2. An officer of the court may also hold another office or employment in the public service.

            Notes
            • Section 260(1): amended, on , pursuant to section 6(2)(a) of the Resource Management Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 160).
            • Section 260(1)(aa): inserted, on , by section 96(1) of the Resource Management Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 87).
            • Section 260(2): amended, on , by section 96(2) of the Resource Management Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 87).
            • Section 260(2): amended, on , pursuant to section 6(2)(a) of the Resource Management Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 160).
            • Section 260(2)(a): amended, on , by section 135 of the Public Service Act 2020 (2020 No 40).
            • Section 260(2)(b): amended, on , pursuant to section 6(2)(a) of the Resource Management Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 160).
            • Section 260(2A): inserted, on , by section 96(3) of the Resource Management Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 87).
            • Section 260(3): amended, on , by section 135 of the Public Service Act 2020 (2020 No 40).
            • Section 260(3): amended, on , pursuant to section 6(2)(a) of the Resource Management Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 160).