Glaxo New Zealand Ltd v Attorney-General - [1991] 3 NZLR 129

Commercial law — Commerce Act — Dominant position in market — Exercise of statutory functions — Minister of Health refused to approve drug for sale through pharmacies on social security subsidy — Manufacturer of drug alleged that Minister had engaged in trade exercising her dominant position in market — Whether Minister had engaged in trade — Whether, in exercising statutory functions, Minister was exempt from provisions of Commerce Act — Commerce Act 1986, ss 2, 36 and 43 - Social Security Act 1964, s 99.