Bolton v Chief Executive of Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment - [2021] 3 NZLR 425

Judicial review — Public Health response to COVID-19 — Decision to decline applicants’ request to self-isolate following return from overseas — Whether exemption from Managed Isolation and Quarantine (MIQ) limited to applicants’ medical and health needs — Whether other needs considered — Whether applicants could self-isolate without risk of COVID-19 outbreak or spread — Whether decision to decline exemption error of law — Whether relevant considerations taken into account — Whether context of application given consideration — Whether Isolation and Quarantine Order (IQ Order) consistent with rights and freedoms of New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 ss 5 and 18.

Constitutional law — Bill of Rights Act — Public Health response to COVID-19 — Decision to decline applicants’ request to self-isolate following return from overseas — Whether IQ Order limited or was justified limit on rights and freedoms — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 ss 5 and 18.

Statues — Interpretation — Public Health response to COVID-19 — Purpose of Isolation and Quarantine Order — Whether exemption from MIQ limited to applicants’ medical and health needs — Whether other needs considered — Whether IQ Order consistent with rights and freedoms of New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 — “For any reason” — “Other needs” — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 ss 5 and 18.