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Resource Management Act 1991

Environment Court - Procedure and powers

276A: Evidence of documents

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“Using copies of documents as evidence in court”

If you need to show a policy statement or plan in court, you can use a certified copy. This copy must be certified by the main officer or another authorised officer of your local council. The certified copy is accepted as evidence in the same way as the original document.

You can get a certified copy of the whole policy statement or plan, or just a part of it. The person certifying the copy must be authorised to do so by your local council. The certified copy is used in legal proceedings, such as a court case, to prove what the policy statement or plan says.

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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).