Section 150AA — Resource Management Act 1991: Reference to Environment Court

150AA Reference to Environment Court (1) This section applies if the Minister makes a direction under section 141B(1)(b) . (2) The matter is referred to the Environment Court by the applicant lodging a notice of motion and an affidavit under section 291(1) . (3) The applicant must— (a) serve the notice of motion and the affidavit on— (i) the local authority; and (ii) every person who made a submission on the matter; and (b) serve the documents as soon as reasonably practicable after lodging them; and (c) tell the Registrar when the documents have been served. (4) Section 291(3) and (4) apply to proceedings under this section. (5) The Minister must supply to the Court the documents provided to the Minister under section 143(a) . (6) The Court must— (a) consider the documents supplied to it under subsection (5) ; and (b) have regard to the Minister's reasons for calling the matter in under section 141B ; and (c) have regard to the things to which a local authority would have regard if it were deciding the matter. Section 150AA was inserted, as from 10 August 2005, by section 83 Resource Management Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 87). See sections 131 to 135 of that Act as to the transitional provisions.