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Resource Management Act 1991

Environment Court - Appeals from Environment Court decisions

299: Appeal to High Court on question of law

You could also call this:

"Appealing to the High Court if the Environment Court got the law wrong"

If you are involved in a case with the Environment Court, you can appeal to the High Court if you think the Environment Court made a mistake about the law. You can appeal against a decision, report, or recommendation made by the Environment Court. You must follow the High Court Rules 2016 when you make your appeal, except if those rules disagree with sections 300 to 307. When you appeal, you are asking the High Court to check if the Environment Court applied the law correctly.

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Part 11Environment Court
Appeals from Environment Court decisions

299Appeal to High Court on question of law

  1. A party to a proceeding before the Environment Court under this Act or any other enactment may appeal on a question of law to the High Court against any decision, report, or recommendation of the Environment Court made in the proceeding.

  2. The appeal must be made in accordance with the High Court Rules 2016, except to any extent that those rules are inconsistent with sections 300 to 307.

Notes
  • Section 299: replaced, on , by section 48(1) of the Supreme Court Act 2003 (2003 No 53).
  • Section 299(1): amended, on , by section 150 of the Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 31).
  • Section 299(2): amended, on , by section 183(c) of the Senior Courts Act 2016 (2016 No 48).