Section 283 — Resource Management Act 1991: Non-attendance or refusal to co-operate

283 Non-attendance or refusal to co-operate (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) , no person shall, without reasonable cause— (a) Fail to appear in accordance with a summons issued by an Environment Judge or an Environment Commissioner, or fail to produce anything that he or she is required to produce by such a summons; or (b) Refuse to be sworn or give evidence at proceedings before the Environment Court; or (c) Refuse to answer any questions put by a member of the Environment Court during proceedings before the Environment Court. (2) A person need not comply with subsection (1) if he or she was not given travelling expenses in accordance with the scale for witnesses in civil cases under the District Courts Act 1947 either— (a) At the time the summons was served; or (b) At some reasonable time before the hearing. 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).