New Zealand Acts

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AMENDMENT ACT 2005 - SECT 104

104 New sections 281A and 281B inserted

The principal Act is amended by inserting, after section 281 , the following sections:

281A Registrar may waive, reduce, or postpone payment of fee

1 The Registrar may waive, reduce, or postpone the payment to the Court of any fee prescribed by regulations made under this Act.

2 The powers in subsection (1) may be exercised only if—

a) the person responsible for paying the fee is unable to pay the fee in whole or in part; or

b) in the case of proceedings concerning a matter of public interest, the proceedings are unlikely to be commenced or continued if the powers are not exercised.

281B Review of exercise of power by Registrar

1 A person directly affected by the exercise of a power by a Registrar may apply to an Environment Judge to reconsider the matter.

2 The application must be by notice to the Registrar and other persons affected, within 5 working days after the Registrar's determination or action.

3 The Environment Judge may confirm, modify, or reverse the decision of the Registrar.