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Resource Management Act 1991

Environment Court - Environment Judges and alternate Environment Judges

250B: Protocol relating to activities of Judges

You could also call this:

“Rules about what jobs and roles Environment Judges can do outside their main job”

The Chief Justice must create and share a guide about what jobs and roles Environment Judges and alternate Environment Judges can do alongside their judge duties. This guide will explain what types of work and positions are okay for these judges to have.

Before making this guide, the Chief Justice needs to talk to the Chief Environment Court Judge to get their input.

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Part 11 Environment Court
Environment Judges and alternate Environment Judges

250BProtocol relating to activities of Judges

  1. The Chief Justice must develop and publish a protocol containing guidance on—

  2. the employment, or types of employment, that he or she considers may be undertaken consistent with being an Environment Judge or alternate Environment Judge; and
    1. the offices, or types of offices, that he or she considers may be held consistent with being an Environment Judge or alternate Environment Judge.

      1. The Chief Justice may develop and publish a protocol under subsection (1) only after consultation with the Chief Environment Court Judge.

      Notes
      • Section 250B: inserted, on , by section 6 of the Resource Management Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 68).
      • Section 250B(2): amended, on , by section 69 of the Resource Management Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 30).