Section 260 — Resource Management Act 1991: Registrar and other officers

260 Registrar and other officers (1) The Environment Court— (a) Shall have a Registrar; and (aa) may have 1 or more Deputy Registrars; and (b) May have other persons to assist it in an administrative capacity. (2) The Registrar, a Deputy Registrar, and every other person assisting the Environment Court shall— (a) Be appointed under the State Sector Act 1988 ; and (b) Be officers of the Environment Court. (2A) A Deputy Registrar has all the powers, functions, duties, and immunity of the Registrar subject to the control of the Registrar. (3) An officer of the Environment Court may also hold another office or employment in the Public Service. The words “ Environment Court ” in subsection (1) 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). Subsection (1)(aa) was inserted, as from 10 August 2005, by section 96(1) Resource Management Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 87). See sections 131 to 135 of that Act as to the transitional provisions. 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). Subsection (2) was amended, as from 10 August 2005, by section 96(2) Resource Management Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 87) by inserting the words “ , a Deputy Registrar, ” after the word “ Registrar ” . See sections 131 to 135 of that Act as to the transitional provisions. Subsection (2A) was inserted, as from 10 August 2005, by section 96(3) Resource Management Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 87). See sections 131 to 135 of that Act as to the transitional provisions. The words “ Environment Court ” in subsection (3) 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).