Section 149B — Resource Management Act 1991: Costs of process

149B Costs of process (1) The Fees and Travelling Allowances Act 1951 applies to a board of inquiry appointed under section 146 as follows: (a) the board is a statutory board within the meaning of the Act; and (b) a member of the board may be paid the following, out of money appropriated by Parliament for the purpose, if the Minister so directs: (i) remuneration by way of fees, salary, or allowances under the Act; and (ii) travelling allowances and travelling expenses under the Act for time spent travelling in the service of the board; and (c) the Act applies to payments under paragraph (b) . (2) A local authority may recover from an applicant the actual and reasonable costs incurred by the authority in complying with section 143 . (3) The Minister may recover from an applicant the actual and reasonable costs incurred by the Minister in exercising the Minister's powers under sections 140 to 150 . (4) The Minister may recover from an applicant the actual and reasonable costs incurred by a board of inquiry in exercising its powers under sections 147 to 149 . (5) Section 36(3A) and (4) applies to the recovery of costs under subsections (2) to (4) as if references to charges were references to the recovery of costs and, for subsections (3) and (4) , references to the local authority were references to the Minister. (6) A person may object under section 357B to a requirement to pay costs under any of subsections (2) to (4) . Sections 149A and 149B were inserted, as from 10 August 2005, by section 81 Resource Management Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 87). See sections 131 to 135 of that Act as to the transitional provisions.