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357C: Procedure for making and hearing objection under sections 357 to 357B
or “This explains how to make a complaint about a decision and what happens next.”
You could also call this:

“A hearings commissioner can ask for more information or get a report to help decide on certain objections.”

If you make an objection under section 357A(1)(f) or (g), a hearings commissioner will look at it. The commissioner can do a few things to help them make a decision about your objection.

They can ask you to give them more information about your objection. They can also ask the consent authority (that’s the group that made the decision you’re objecting to) to provide more details.

If the commissioner thinks it will help, they can also ask someone else to write a report about the things you raised in your objection.

But don’t worry, the commissioner won’t ask for extra information or reports unless they really think it will help them decide about your objection.

Remember, this only applies to objections made under section 357A(1)(f) or (g). You can check section 357AB to see more about this.

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Next up: 357D: Decision on objections made under sections 357 to 357B

or “The authorities decide if your complaint about a decision is right or wrong, and tell you why.”
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Part 14 Miscellaneous provisions
Rights of objection

357CAPowers of hearings commissioner considering objection under section 357A(1)(f) or (g)

  1. This section applies if a hearings commissioner is considering an objection made under section 357A(1)(f) or (g) (see section 357AB).

  2. The hearings commissioner may do 1 or more of the following:

  3. require the person or body making the objection to provide further information:
    1. require the consent authority to provide further information:
      1. commission a report on any matter raised in the objection.

        1. However, the hearings commissioner must not require further information or commission a report unless he or she considers that the information or report will assist the hearings commissioner to make a decision on the objection.

        Notes
        • Section 357CA: inserted, on , by section 169 of the Resource Legislation Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 15).