144Right of appeal

144 Right of appeal

(1)  An interested person may appeal to the Tribunal against –

(a) a decision or order made by the Recorder on an application under this Act; or

(b) [Section 144 Subsection (1) amended by No. 10 of 2000, s. 39, Applied:28 Apr 2000] [Section 144 Subsection (1) amended by No. 26 of 2003, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2004] [Section 144 Subsection (1) amended by No. 20 of 2012, s. 129, Applied:28 Nov 2012] [Section 144 Subsection (1) amended by No. 12 of 2016, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jan 2017] [Section 144 Subsection (1) amended by No. 18 of 2021, s. 333, Applied:05 Nov 2021] a decision by a council on an application for approval under this Act, unless the decision relates to building work, within the meaning of the Building Act 2016 .

(2)  The following are interested persons for the purposes of this section:

(a) the applicant for the decision or order;

(b) in the case of a decision or order under Part 9 , a person who was entitled to make, and made, written submissions to the Recorder in connection with the application for relief;

(c) in the case of an order, a person required by the order to do, or refrain from doing, a specified act;

(d) any other person classified by the regulations as an interested person in relation to a decision or order of a specified kind.

(3)  An appeal is commenced by lodging a notice of appeal, accompanied by the prescribed fee, within 30 days after the date of the order, with the Recorder.

(4)  A notice of appeal lodged under subsection (3) must specify –

(a) the name and address of the appellant; and