Section 289 — Resource Management Act 1991: Reply to appeal or request for inquiry

289 Reply to appeal or request for inquiry Where notice of an appeal or inquiry is given, the person whose decision is appealed against, or is the subject of the inquiry, shall— (a) Within 20 working days after being served with the notice of the appeal or inquiry or such further time as an Environment Judge may allow, lodge with the Environment Court a written reply in the prescribed form to the matters raised in the notice, and serve a copy of the reply on the person who gave the notice, and, where the applicant is not the appellant, on the applicant; and (b) Within 30 working days after being served with the notice of the appeal or inquiry or such further time as an Environment Judge may allow, serve a copy of the reply on every other party to the proceedings who has advised the Registrar, in accordance with section 274 , that they wish to be a party. Section 289 was substituted, as from 2 September 1996, by section 16 Resource Management Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 160). Paragraph (b) was amended, as from 1 August 2003, by section 95 Resource Management Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 23) by substituting the expression “ 274 ” for the expression “ 271A ” . See sections 109 to 113 of that Act as to the transitional and savings provisions.