Collins v Commissioner of Crown Lands - [1989] 2 NZLR 385

Property law — Lease — Crown lease — Rent review — Lessee held Crown land on lease for term of 33 years expiring on 30 June 1974 but perpetually renewable, at a rent determined at the commencement of each term — Land Amendment Act 1970 provided for review of rents every 11 years but excepted leases which were current on 1 January 1971 - Lessee renewed lease for 33 years from 1 July 1974 and Crown included provision for review of rent every 11 years — Lessee sought declaration that rent review clause was invalidly included in renewed lease — Whether saving provision in 1970 Amendment Act applied to lease renewed after 1 January 1971 - Whether rent review clause was validly included in lease — Land Act 1948, ss 130 and 132A - Land Amendment Act 1970, s 13.