7 Apr 2020
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AUTHORITY v BW OFFSHORE SINGAPORE PTE LTD [2020] NZHC 704
- Citation
- (2020)21 ELRNZ 770
- Court
- High Court
The Environment Court erred in law by failing to recognise that a material change in circumstances since the 2017 s162(2) ruling (TTL insolvency, pipeline rupture and integrity concerns) entitled the EPA to issue abatement notices pending comprehensive reassessment by the EPA (by analogy with RMA s325). The EEZ Act's protective purpose requires such reassessment; accordingly the High Court grants the EPA's application for a stay so the abatement notices remain in effect pending reconsideration.