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Resource Management Act 1991

Environment Court - Decisions of Environment Court

297: Decisions of court to be in writing

You could also call this:

“The court puts its decisions in writing so you know what they decide.”

When you are involved in a case with the Environment Court, they make decisions. The Environment Court writes down their decisions, unless they tell you in person at a court hearing. You get a written copy of what they decide, signed by the person in charge or most of the people who heard your case, and it has the court’s official seal on it.

The written decision includes what the court decides, recommends, or reports after looking into something. You can trust that the written decision is real because it is signed and sealed. This is how the Environment Court makes sure you know what they decide.

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Part 11 Environment Court
Decisions of Environment Court

297Decisions of court to be in writing

  1. Every decision, determination, or order of the Environment Court, unless it is pronounced orally at a sitting of the court, and every report, recommendation, or determination made by the court on an inquiry, shall be in writing signed by the member who presided at the hearing or inquiry or by a majority of the members who sat on the hearing or inquiry and shall be authenticated with the seal of the court.

Notes
  • Section 297 heading: amended, on , pursuant to section 6(2)(a) of the Resource Management Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 160).
  • Section 297: amended, on , pursuant to section 6(2)(a) of the Resource Management Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 160).