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308C: Limit on representation at appeals
or “You can only join a court case about the environment if you're directly affected, not just to stop a business rival.”
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“Rules about who can join a court case about the environment, making sure it's not about business competition”

If you want to be part of a proceeding in the Environment Court under certain sections of the law, you need to show that you have a special interest in the case. This interest must be more than what the general public has.

You can only be a party to the proceeding if you are directly affected by the subject of the case. The effect must harm the environment and must not be about trade competition or its effects.

This rule applies to proceedings under section 87G, 149T, 165ZFE(9)(a)(ii), 198E, or 198K of the Resource Management Act. If you want to join as a party under section 274, you must follow these rules.

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308CALimit on representation at proceedings as party under section 274

  1. This section applies when person A wants to be a party under section 274 to a proceeding before the Environment Court under section 87G, 149T, 165ZFE(9)(a)(ii), 198E, or 198K on the ground that person A has an interest in the proceedings that is greater than the interest that the general public has.

  2. Person A may be a party to the proceeding only if directly affected by an effect of the subject matter of the proceeding that—

  3. adversely affects the environment; and
    1. does not relate to trade competition or the effects of trade competition.

      Notes
      • Section 308CA: inserted, on , by section 49 of the Resource Management Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 63).