Section 249 — Resource Management Act 1991: Eligibility for appointment as an Environment Judge or alternate Environment Judge

249 Eligibility for appointment as an Environment Judge or alternate Environment Judge (1) A person shall not be appointed or hold office as an Environment Judge unless he or she is, or is eligible to be, a District Court Judge. If an appointee is not a District Court Judge at the time of appointment as an Environment Judge, he or she shall be appointed as a District Court Judge at that time. (2) A person shall not be appointed or hold office as an alternate Environment Judge unless he or she is a District Court Judge or a Maori Land Court Judge. The words “ Environment Judge ” in subsections (1) and (2) were substituted, as from 2 September 1996, for the words “ Planning Judge ” pursuant to section 6(2)(b) Resource Management Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 160).