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Resource Management Act 1991

Environment Court - Procedure and powers

286: Enforcing orders for costs

You could also call this:

“Making sure people pay court costs that they have been ordered to pay”

If the Environment Court makes an order for costs, you can file it in the District Court at the office of the court named in the order. This order then becomes enforceable as a judgment of the District Court in its civil jurisdiction. You can think of it like a decision that the District Court has made, which can be enforced in the same way as any other judgment in a civil 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).