Section 261 — Resource Management Act 1991: Protection from legal proceedings

261 Protection from legal proceedings (1) No action lies against any member of the Environment Court for anything they say, do, or omit to say or do, while acting in good faith in the performance of their duties. (2) In addition, a member of the Environment Court who is a District Court Judge also has the immunities conferred by section 119 of the District Courts Act 1947 (which confers on District Court Judges, at all times, the same immunities as a Judge of the High Court). (3) No action lies against the Registrar for anything the Registrar says or does, or omits to say or do, while acting in good faith under section 278(3) , section 281(5) , or section 281A . The words “ Environment Court ” 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 (2) was inserted as from 20 May 2004, by section 7 Resource Management Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 46). Subsection (3) was inserted, as from 10 August 2005, by section 97 Resource Management Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 87). See sections 131 to 135 of that Act as to the transitional provisions.