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276: Evidence
or “The Environment Court can accept, request, and hear any evidence it thinks will help make a decision.”
You could also call this:

“Copies of official plans can be used as proof in court cases just like the original documents”

You can use a copy of a policy statement or plan as evidence in legal proceedings. This copy needs to be certified as a true copy by the main administrative officer or another authorised officer of the local authority involved. When certified, this copy is just as valid as evidence as the original document.

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Part 11 Environment Court
Procedure and powers

276AEvidence of documents

  1. A copy of, or extract from, a policy statement or plan, certified to be a true copy by the principal administrative officer or by any other authorised officer of the relevant local authority, is admissible in evidence in legal proceedings to the same extent as the original document.

Notes
  • Section 276A: inserted, on , by section 77 of the Resource Management Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 23).