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Resource Management Act 1991

Proposals of national significance - How matter decided if direction made to refer matter to board of inquiry or court - Matter decided by board of inquiry

149KA: EPA may make administrative decisions

You could also call this:

“The EPA can make simple choices or let the board decide about small tasks to help the inquiry run smoothly and quickly.”

You can expect the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) to handle some administrative tasks related to inquiries. The EPA can make decisions about administrative and support matters that are connected to conducting an inquiry. They can also let the board of inquiry make these decisions instead.

When the EPA is making these decisions or letting the board make them, they need to think about keeping costs low and avoiding unnecessary delays. This means they should try to make things run smoothly and efficiently.

Remember, if you want to know more about inquiries, you can look at other parts of this law that talk about them in more detail.

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Part 6AA Proposals of national significance
How matter decided if direction made to refer matter to board of inquiry or court: Matter decided by board of inquiry

149KAEPA may make administrative decisions

  1. The EPA may—

  2. make decisions regarding administrative and support matters that are incidental or ancillary to the conduct of an inquiry under this Part; or
    1. allow the board of inquiry to make those decisions.

      1. The EPA must have regard to the purposes of minimising costs and avoiding unnecessary delay when exercising its powers or performing its functions under subsection (1)(a) or (b).

      Notes
      • Section 149KA: inserted, on , by section 89 of the Resource Legislation Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 15).