Section 255 — Resource Management Act 1991: When a Deputy Environment Commissioner may act

255 When a Deputy Environment Commissioner may act (1) A Deputy Environment Commissioner may act in place of an Environment Commissioner when— (a) The Environment Commissioner is unavailable; or (b) The Principal Environment Judge considers it necessary that the Deputy Environment Commissioner do so. (2) When a Deputy Environment Commissioner is acting for an Environment Commissioner, the Deputy Environment Commissioner shall be considered as an Environment Commissioner of the Environment Court for all purposes. In section 255 the words “ Environment Commissioner ” and “ Deputy Environment Commissioner ” were substituted, as from 2 September 1996, for the words “ Planning Commissioner ” and “ Deputy Planning Commissioner ” pursuant to section 6(2)(c) Resource Management Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 160). Subsection (1)(a) was amended, as from 2 September 1996, by section 10 Resource Management Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 160) by substituting the word “ or ” for the word “ and ” . The words “ Environment Judge ” in subsection (1)(b) 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). The words “ Environment Court ” in subsection (2) were substituted, as from 2 September 1996, for the words “ Planning Tribunal ” pursuant to section 6(2)(a) Resource Management Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 160).