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Section 266 — Resource Management Act 1991: Constitution of the Environment Court not to be questioned

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266 Constitution of the Environment Court not to be questioned (1) It is in the sole discretion of the member of the Environment Court presiding at a sitting of the Environment Court to decide whether the Environment Court has been properly constituted and convened. (2) The exercise of discretion under subsection (1) may not be questioned in proceedings before the Environment Court or in another Court. 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). The words “ Environment Court ” in subsections (1) (where they secondly appear) and (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).

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