Section 103 — Resource Management Act 1991: Combined hearings in respect of 2 or more applications

103 Combined hearings in respect of 2 or more applications (1) Where 2 or more applications for resource consents in relation to the same proposal have been made to a consent authority, and that consent authority has decided to hear the applications, the consent authority shall hear and decide those applications together unless— (a) The consent authority is of the opinion that the applications are sufficiently unrelated so that it is unnecessary to hear and decide the applications together; and (b) The applicant agrees that a combined hearing need not be held. (2) This section shall also apply to any other matter the consent authority is empowered to decide or recommend on under this Act in relation to the same proposal. Subsection (2) was inserted by section 53 Resource Management Amendment Act 1993 (1993 No 65).