Section 428 — Resource Management Act 1991: Environment Court

428 Environment Court (1) The person who, immediately before the commencement of this Act, held office as the Principal Environment Judge of the Environment Court shall, as from the commencement of this Act, continue to hold office as such as if his or her appointment was made under section 251 . (2) Each person who, immediately before the commencement of this Act, held office as an Environment Judge or an alternate Environment Judge of the Environment Court shall, as from the commencement of this Act, continue to hold office as such as if his or her appointment was made under section 250 . (3) Each person who, immediately before the commencement of this Act, held office as a member (other than an Environment Judge) or a deputy member of the Environment Court shall, as from the commencement of this Act, be deemed to hold office as an Environment Commissioner or, as the case may be, a Deputy Environment Commissioner of the Environment Court, for the remainder of the term of his or her appointment as if his or her appointment was made under section 254 . The words “ Environment Court ” in subsections (1) to (3) 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 Judge ” in subsections (1) to (3) were substituted, as from 2 September 1996, for the words “ Planning Judge ” pursuant to section 6(2)(b) Resource Management Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 160). The words “ Environment Commissioner ” and “ Deputy Environment Commissioner ” were substituted, as from 2 September 1996, for the words “ Planning Commissioner ” and “ Deputy Planning Commissioner ” pursuant to section 6(2)(c) Resource Management Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 160).