sec.538Appeals may be heard with planning appeals

### sec.538 Appeals may be heard with planning appeals This section applies if— a person appeals against an administering authority’s decision (whether an original or review decision) about an application for an environmental authority for a prescribed ERA; and a person appeals against the assessment manager’s decision under the Planning Act about a planning or development matter for the premises to which the application for the authority relates. The Court may order— the appeals to be heard together or 1 immediately after the other; or 1 appeal to be stayed until the other has been decided. This section applies even though the parties, or all of the parties, to the appeals are not the same. s 538 amd 1997 No. 80 s 31 ; 2000 No. 64 s 3 (2) sch ; 2003 No. 95 s 37 ; 2009 No. 36 s 872 sch 2 ; 2009 No. 42 s 16 ; 2012 No. 16 s 46 ; 2019 No. 28 s 22 (sec.538-ssec.1) This section applies if— a person appeals against an administering authority’s decision (whether an original or review decision) about an application for an environmental authority for a prescribed ERA; and a person appeals against the assessment manager’s decision under the Planning Act about a planning or development matter for the premises to which the application for the authority relates. (sec.538-ssec.2) The Court may order— the appeals to be heard together or 1 immediately after the other; or 1 appeal to be stayed until the other has been decided. (sec.538-ssec.3) This section applies even though the parties, or all of the parties, to the appeals are not the same. - (a) a person appeals against an administering authority’s decision (whether an original or review decision) about an application for an environmental authority for a prescribed ERA; and - (b) a person appeals against the assessment manager’s decision under the Planning Act about a planning or development matter for the premises to which the application for the authority relates. - (a) the appeals to be heard together or 1 immediately after the other; or - (b) 1 appeal to be stayed until the other has been decided.