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285: Awarding costs
or “The Environment Court can decide who pays for the costs of court cases and how much they should pay.”
You could also call this:

“How to make someone pay for court costs when the Environment Court says they should”

If the Environment Court orders someone to pay costs, they can make sure the order is followed. You can file the order at the District Court office named in the order. Once you do this, the order becomes like a judgment from the District Court in its civil cases. This means you can use the District Court’s powers to make sure the costs are paid.

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or “The Environment Court can ask the High Court to help answer tricky law questions that come up during a case.”
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Part 11 Environment Court
Procedure and powers

286Enforcing orders for costs

  1. An order for costs made by the Environment Court may be filed in the District Court at the office of the court named in the order and then becomes enforceable as a judgment of the District Court in its civil jurisdiction.

Notes
  • Section 286: amended, on , by section 261 of the District Court Act 2016 (2016 No 49).
  • Section 286: amended, on , pursuant to section 6(2)(a) of the Resource Management Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 160).