Carter Holt Harvey Ltd v North Shore City Council - [2006] 2 NZLR 787

Local government — Bylaw and rule-making powers — Scheme and purpose of legislation — Relationship between two empowering statutes — Bylaw conferring power to recover costs in planning for waste management — Whether waste levy a tax — Power to impose tax by bylaw — Whether imposition of tax on collection of waste unreasonable — Whether bylaws within scope of Bylaws Act 1910, s 13(1) — Constitution Act 1986, s 22.

Local government — Bylaw and rule-making powers — Whether test of unreasonableness applicable — Whether bylaws imposing waste levy created discretion so uncertain as to be unreasonable — Meaning of “waste” — Whether “waste” includes recyclable material — Bylaws Act 1910, ss 13 and 17.