Boscawen v Attorney-General - [2009] 2 NZLR 229

Constitutional law — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 — Bill of Rights 1688 (Imp) — Parliament — Principle of comity — Whether Attorney-General’s duty to report apparent inconsistencies with New Zealand Bill of Rights Act reviewable — Whether Attorney-General’s duty to report apparent inconsistencies with New Zealand Bill of Rights Act arises only on introduction — Availability of declarations of inconsistency between statute and New Zealand Bill of Rights Act — Bill of Rights 1688 (Imp), art 9 — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, s 7.

Judicial review — Justiciability — Whether Attorney-General’s duty to report apparent inconsistencies with New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 reviewable.

Judicial review — Remedies — Availability of declarations of inconsistency between statute and New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990.

Statutes — Interpretation — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 — Whether Attorney-General’s duty to report to Parliament Bills’ apparent inconsistencies with New Zealand Bill of Rights Act arises only on introduction — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, s 7.