Director of Civil Aviation v Planning Tribunal - [1997] 3 NZLR 335

Resource management — Application for resource consent — Adverse environmental effects — Air safety — Grant of consent possibly affecting air safety — Whether Director of Civil Aviation or Regional Council/Planning Tribunal should decide issues of air safety — Resource Management Act 1991, ss  2, 3, 5 and 104 — Civil Aviation Act 1990, ss  14, 72B and 72I — Civil Aviation Rules 1993, R  157.

Statutes — Interpretation — Two statutes dealing with same matter — Grant of consent under Resource Management Act 1991 possibly affecting air safety — Statutory responsibility of Director of Civil Aviation relating to matters of air safety — Whether statutes in conflict — If statutes in conflict, means of resolving conflict — Resource Management Act 1991, ss  5 and 104 — Civil Aviation Act 1990, s  72I.