Changes to regulations made under the Resource Management Act
Please note that from 1 October 2010, by operation of section 78 of the Good and Services Act 1985, the base fee of $500 for appeal or inquiry proceedings mentioned above will be increased to $511.10. The base filing fee of $55 for any other proceedings will increase to $56.20. The increases reflect the change in GST rate from 12.5 percent to 15 percent from 1 October 2010.
Resource Management (Forms, Fees and Procedure) Amendment Regulations 2009
The Resource Management (Forms, Fees and Procedure) Amendment Regulations 2009 (PDF 298 KB) were gazetted on 9 April 2009 and come into force on 7 May 2009.
These Regulations makes changes to the filing fee for commencing an appeal or inquiry proceedings in the Environment Court.
The filing fee has been increased from $55 to $500 for appeal or inquiry proceedings lodged under the following sections : 118(6), 120 and 121, 127(3), 132(2) and (3), 136(4)(b), 137(5), 139(6), 139A(9), 174, 176A(5), 179, 181(2), 192(c) and (f), 195 and 385 of the Resource Management Act, or clause 14, 27 and 29(6) and (7) of Schedule 1 of the Resource Management Act.
The filing fee for commencing any other proceedings under the Resource Management Act in the Environment Court is $55.
Further updates to regulations due to RMAA 2009
Further updates are being made to the Resource Management (Forms, Fees and Procedure) Regulations 2003 to reflect changes made by the Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Act 2009 (RMAA 2009).
Regulations for the discount policy are being developed separately.
Additional updates are being made to the:
- Resource Management (Marine Pollution) Regulations 1998
- Resource Management (Infringement Offences) Regulations 1999.
Last updated: 10 September 2009
