Civil Aviation Authority v Halliwell - [1999] 3 NZLR 353

Criminal practice and procedure — Jurisdiction — Civil Aviation Act 1990 prosecution — Appeal allowed, conviction quashed and prosecution remitted to District Court for rehearing — District Court subsequently remitted rehearing to High Court as original Judge now a High Court Judge — Whether District Court had jurisdiction to remit — Right to elect trial by jury — District Court's power to decline summary jurisdiction — Whether effect of declining summary jurisdiction would be to remit to High Court — Civil Aviation Act 1990, ss 43 and 65.