Section 121 — Resource Management Act 1991: Procedure for appeal

121 Procedure for appeal (1) Notice of an appeal under section 120 shall be in the prescribed form and shall— (a) State the reasons for the appeal and the relief sought; and (b) State any matters required by regulations; and (c) Be lodged with the Environment Court and served on the consent authority whose decision is appealed within 15 working days of notice of the decision being received in accordance with this Act. (2) The appellant shall ensure that a copy of the notice of appeal is served on every person referred to in section 120 (other than the appellant) within 5 working days of the notice being lodged with the Environment Court. (3) Where a notice for an inquiry is lodged with the Environment Court in relation to a recommendation of a hearing committee on a restricted coastal activity under section 118 , the appellant shall ensure that a copy of that notice is served on the Minister of Conservation on the day the notice is lodged. Subsection (3) was inserted, as from 7 July 1993, by section 69 Resource Management Amendment Act 1993 (1993 No 65). The words “ Environment Court ” in subsection (1), (2) and (3) were substituted, as from 2 September 1996, for the words “ Planning Tribunal ” pursuant to section 6(2)(a) Resource Management Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 160).