30 Apr 2007
POWELLIPHANTA AUGUSTUS INC (FORMERLY SAVE HAPPY VALLEY COALITION INC) V SOLID ENERGY NZ LIMITED HC CHCH CIV-2006-409-002993
- Citation
- openlaw-3d876a92_b217_4348_9aca_44c8bd0ef9c5.pdf
- Court
- High Court
s17 of the RMA, properly read in context and limited to activities regulated within the RMA regime, does not apply to land use activities authorised by existing coal mining privileges preserved under s107 Crown Minerals Act 1991; mining legislation (Coal Mines Act 1979) operates as the exclusive regulatory code for those activities and the Environment Court therefore lacked jurisdiction to grant the sought declarations and enforcement orders.