Idea Services Ltd v Attorney-General - [2023] 2 NZLR 388

Statutory interpretation — Henry VIII clause — Provision empowering secondary legislation to amend statute — Strict construction appropriate — Subjective terms — Not immune from scrutiny — Decision must be reasonably open to decision maker — Time limit on extension of expiring collective agreement — Not a requirement or restriction — Compliance not required — Employment Relations Act 2000 s 53(3).

Judicial review — Relief — Declaration appropriate where power exercised outside the terms of statute — Applicant’s delay not relevant as the invalid IMO affected number of agreements.