Section 250 — Resource Management Act 1991: Appointment of Environment Judges and alternate Environment Judges

250 Appointment of Environment Judges and alternate Environment Judges (1) The Governor-General may, on the recommendation of the Attorney-General, after consultation with the Minister for the Environment and the Minister of Maori Affairs, appoint a person as an Environment Judge or an alternate Environment Judge. (2) A person shall hold office as an Environment Judge or as an alternate Environment Judge for such term as he or she holds office as a District Court Judge or Maori Land Court Judge, unless he or she sooner resigns or is removed from office under this Act. (3) At any one time— (a) No more than 8 Environment Judge s shall hold office; and (b) Any number of alternate Environment Judge s shall hold office. (4) For the purposes of subsection (3)(a) ,—— (a) an Environment Judge who is acting on a full-time basis counts as 1: (b) an Environment Judge who is acting on a part-time basis counts as an appropriate fraction of 1: (c) the aggregate number (for example, 7.5) must not exceed the maximum number of Environment Judges that is for the time being permitted. The words “ Environment Judge ” in subsections (1) to (3) 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). Subsection (1) was amended, as from 20 May 2004, by section 3(1) Resource Management Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 46), by substituting the words “ Attorney-General ” for the words “ Minister of Justice ” . Subsection (3)(a) was amended, as from 2 September 1996, by section 7 Resource Management Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 160) by substituting the expression “ 8 ” for the expression “ 5 ” . Subsection (4) was inserted, as from 20 May 2004, by section 3(2) Resource Management Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 46).