Applications for costs

The Tribunal must make an order as to payment of the costs of the appeal or application under:

• Section 28 of the Resource Management and Planning Appeal Tribunal Act 1993, or
• Section 64 (12) of the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993.

Those Sections set out the factors to be taken into account.

"Costs" are professional fees and expenses directly incurred in conduct of the appeal, not the cost of parties' lost time.

For more detail see:

Practice Directions of the Resource Management and Planning Appeals Tribunal, Practice Direction 11 .

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