Section 204 — Resource Management Act 1991: Public notification of application

204 Public notification of application (1) As soon as practicable after its appointment, a special tribunal shall ensure that— (a) Notice of the application is published in— (i) A newspaper circulating in the area in which the water body to which the application relates is situated; and (ii) A daily newspaper in each of the cities of Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin; and (b) Such other public notification of the application as the tribunal considers appropriate is given; and (c) Notice of the application is served on— (i) The applicant; and (ii) The relevant regional council; and (iii) The relevant territorial authorities; and (iv) The relevant iwi authorities; and (v) Such persons as the tribunal considers appropriate. (2) Every notice for the purposes of this section shall be in the prescribed form and shall state— (a) A description of the application, and where the application and any relevant information held by the special tribunal may be viewed; and (b) That submissions on the application may be made in writing by any person; and (c) The effect of section 205(3) ; and (d) That the matters to be considered by the tribunal may be wider than the matters raised in the application; and (e) The closing date for the receipt by the tribunal of such submissions; and (f) The address for service of the tribunal and each applicant. (3) Section 92 shall, with all necessary modifications, apply in respect of a water conservation order as if— (a) Every reference therein to a consent authority were a reference to the special tribunal; and (b) Every reference therein to a consent were a reference to the order.