Section 251 — Resource Management Act 1991: Principal Environment Judge

251 Principal Environment Judge (1) The Governor-General may, on the recommendation of the Attorney-General, appoint an Environment Judge as the Principal Environment Judge. (2) The Principal Environment Judge shall be responsible for ensuring the orderly and expeditious discharge of the business of the Environment Court and accordingly may, subject to the provisions of this or any other Act and to such consultation with the Environment Judges as is appropriate and practicable, make arrangements as to the Environment Judge or Judges and member or members who is or are to exercise the Environment Court's jurisdiction in particular matters or classes of matters and in particular places and areas. 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). Subsection (1) was amended, as from 20 May 2004, by section 4 Resource Management Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 46), by substituting the words “ Attorney-General ” for the words “ Minister of Justice ” . The words “ Environment Court ” in subsection (2) were substituted, as from 2 September 1996, for the word “ Tribunal ” pursuant to section 6(2)(a) Resource Management Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 160).