Christchurch International Airport Ltd v Christchurch City Council - [1997] 1 NZLR 573

Resource management — Resource consents — Conditions — Condition in resource consent requiring noise attenuation features in new dwelling to minimise effect of airport noise — Condition exceeding performance criteria of building code — Whether condition valid — Whether bona fide exercise of powers under Resource Management Act 1991 overrides prohibition in Building Act 1991 — Building Act 1991, ss 7(2) and 35(1A) — Resource Management Act 1991, ss 68(2A), 76(2A) and 108(2).

Statutes — Statutory rules and regulations — Resource management — Rules in district plan — Whether rules qualify as "rules" under Acts Interpretation Act — Relationship of rules to statutory regulations — Acts Interpretation Act 1924, s 4 — Resource Management Act 1991, s 76(2).

Building — Building Act 1991 — Building code — Prohibition on the imposition of performance criteria exceeding building code — Whether condition of resource consent bona fide for resource management purposes may exceed performance criteria — Whether condition of resource consent or rule in district plan amounts to specific provision overriding building code — Building Act 1991, ss 7(2) and 35(1A) — Resource Management Act 1991, ss 68(2A), 76(2A) and 108(2).

Resource management — District plan — Rules in district plan — Whether rules have same status as regulations made under legislative process — Acts Interpretation Act 1924, s 4 — Resource Management Act 1991, s 76(2).

Constitutional law — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 — Freedom of expression — Condition of resource consent that holder not complain about noise nuisance — Whether condition inherently unlawful — Whether right to freedom of expression absolute — Whether right can be waived by the individual — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, s 14.