Jeffs and Others v New Zealand Dairy Production and Marketing Board and Others - [1965] NZLR 522

Administrative law — Judicial duties — Body charged with judicial duties — Whether empowered to delegate to committee as administrative function duty of hearing evidence and submissions — Whether bound to disclose committee's report — Whether members of body all bound to hear whole of evidence — Circumstances under which such a body not disqualified by financial interest.

Agriculture and farming — Dairy industry — New Zealand Dairy Production and Marketing Board — Whether power to make zoning orders transferred to Board — Whether such powers exercisable without making new regulations — Whether Board disqualified by financial interest in nature of order made — Whether Board may delegate to committee duty of hearing evidence and submissions concerning application for zoning order — Agriculture (Emergency Powers) Act 1934, ss. 27 (5), 27 (6) — Dairy Board Act 1953, s. 12 — Dairy Production and Marketing Board Act 1961, ss. 13, 39, 40, 69, 71 — Dairy Factory Supply Regulations 1936 (S.R. 1936/33), Reg. 5.