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250: Appointment of Environment Judges and alternate Environment Judges
or “The Governor-General chooses special judges to help with environmental cases in court.”
You could also call this:

“Environment Judges can only work other jobs or have other roles if the Chief Environment Court Judge says it's okay.”

If you are an Environment Judge or an alternate Environment Judge, you need to get permission from the Chief Environment Court Judge before you can do any other paid work or take on any other role, even if it’s not paid. The Chief Environment Court Judge will only say yes if they think the other job or role fits well with your job as a judge.

There’s one exception to this rule. If another law says that you, as a judge, must or can hold a certain position, then you don’t need to ask for permission for that specific role.

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Next up: 250B: Protocol relating to activities of Judges

or “Rules about what jobs and roles Environment Judges can do outside their main job”
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Part 11 Environment Court
Environment Judges and alternate Environment Judges

250AJudge not to undertake other employment or hold other office

  1. Environment Judges and alternate Environment Judges must not undertake any other paid employment or hold any other office (whether paid or not) without the approval of the Chief Environment Court Judge.

  2. An approval under subsection (1) may be given only if the Chief Environment Court Judge is satisfied that undertaking the employment or holding the office is consistent with the Judge's judicial office.

  3. However, subsection (1) does not apply to another office if an enactment permits or requires the office to be held by a Judge.

Notes
  • Section 250A: inserted, on , by section 6 of the Resource Management Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 68).
  • Section 250A(1): amended, on , by section 68 of the Resource Management Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 30).
  • Section 250A(2): amended, on , by section 68 of the Resource Management Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 30).