Harley v Registrar-General of Land - [2010] 3 NZLR 120

Relationship property — Jurisdiction — Whether Family Court had jurisdiction when dividing relationship property to approve subdivision of land and direct issue of new titles — Whether Property (Relationships) Act 1976 overrides Resource Management Act 1991 — Property (Relationships) Act 1976, ss 1C, 4A, 25, 33 and 41.

Resource management — Requirement for resource consent — Subdivision of land — Issue of new titles — Whether Family Court had jurisdiction to order subdivision in relationship property division — Whether Resource Management Act 1991 a code — Property (Relationships) Act 1976, ss 1C and 4A.

Statutes — Interpretation — Whether Resource Management Act 1991 a code — Whether Resource Management Act subject to Property (Relationships) Act 1976 — Whether Family Court had power to order subdivision of land — Property (Relationships) Act 1976, ss 1C and 4A.