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Legislation

Legislation
NZ Statutes
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NZ Secondary Legislation
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Courts Matters Act 2018
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District Court Rules 2014
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Electronic Courts and Tribunals Act 2016
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High Court Rules 2016
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Land Valuation Proceedings Act 1948
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Natural and Built Environment Act 2023
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Public Works Act 1981
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Rating Valuations Act 1998
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Resource Legislation Amendment Act 2017
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Resource Management Act 1991
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Resource Management (Forms, Fees and Procedure) Amdt Regs 2009
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Resource Management (Forms, Fees and Procedure) Regs 2003
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Resource Management (Transitional, Fees, Rents, and Royalties) Regs 1991
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Resource Management (Waitaki Catchment) Amdt Act 2004
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Tribunals Powers and Procedures Legislation Act 2018
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Case Law

Case Search
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Environmental Cases (Westlaw)

Judicial Decisions Online (JDO)
NZ Law Reports (Lexis Advance) NZLII

NZ Resource Management Appeals (Lexis Advance)

Resource Management Tracker (Westlaw)

Commentary

[Brookers] Resource Management (Westlaw) Cross on Evidence NZ (Lexis Advance) District Courts Practice - Civil (Lexis Advance)

Environmental and Resource Management Law Online (Lexis Advance)

Garrow and Turkington's Criminal Law in NZ (Lexis Advance)

Law, Probability and Risk (Oxford Journals)
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Laws of NZ (Lexis Advance)

Local Government - Associated Legislation (NZ) (Westlaw)

Local Government - Key Legislation NZ (Westlaw)

McGechan on Procedure (Westlaw) Privacy Law and Practice (Lexis Advance) ProView
Salmon Environmental Law (Westlaw)

Useful Resources

Best Practice Guidelines for Compliance, Monitoring and Enforcement under the RMA (Ministry for the Environment)

District, Regional and Unitary Plans

Geographx

Landcare NZ Databases Lexis Advance home page National Policy Statements (Ministry for the Environment)

NZ Law Style Guide (Law Foundation)

NZ Legal Words and Phrases (Lexis Advance) OverDrive (LexisNexis)
Practical Guidance (Resource Management) (Lexis Advance) Resource Management Journal (members login required) Statutory Interpretation (Westlaw)
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Resource Management Act 1991 Specific Sections

Part 1 Interpretation and application s2-4A
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Part 2 Purpose and principles s5-8
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Part 3 Duties and restrictions s9-s15c
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Part 8 Designations s166-s184A
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Part 12 Declarations s310-s313
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Part 12 Enforcement s314-s321
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Part 12 Abatement s322-s325B
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Part 12 Offences s338-s342
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Lexis Advance Online Books

Environmental and Resource Management Law Online (2nd ed : 2018) : Westlaw Judicial Review : A New Zealand Perspective / Taylor and Gorman (3rd ed : 2014) : Lexis Advance Local Government (NZ) : Lexis Advance Public Law Toolbox / Chen (2nd ed : 2014) : Lexis Advance