Section 294 — Resource Management Act 1991: Review of decision by Environment Court

294 Review of decision by Environment Court (1) Where, after any decision has been given by the Environment Court, new and important evidence becomes available or there has been a change in circumstances that in either case might have affected the decision, the Environment Court shall have power to order a rehearing of the proceedings on such terms and conditions as it thinks reasonable. (2) Any party may apply to the Environment Court on any of those grounds for a rehearing of the proceedings;

and in any such case the Environment Court, after notice to the other parties concerned and after hearing such evidence as it thinks fit, shall determine whether and (if so) on what conditions the proceedings shall be reheard. (3) The decision of the Environment Court on any such proceedings shall have the same effect as a decision of the Environment Court on the original proceedings. 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) to (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).