Auckland Gas Co Ltd v Auckland City Council - [1989] 3 NZLR 95

Public works — Structures in streets — Costs of removal by utility authority — Conflict between statutes — Local authority required gas company to alter position of gas main in street — Gas Act required local authority to meet whole cost, while Public Works Act required it to meet half the cost of removing a structure which had been erected by a utility authority — Whether particular provision was over-ruled by a general provision relating to structures generally — Whether local authority was obliged to meet half or the whole of the cost of the work — Gas Act 1982, s 48 - Public Works Act 1981, s 132.