Just One Life Ltd v Queenstown Lakes District Council - [2003] 2 NZLR 411

Local government — Powers — Delegation — Whether local authority may contract out and delegate regulatory functions to company — Whether company may be officer of local authority — Whether terms of contract made company “officer of council” — Observation on meaning of “officer” — Local Government Act 1974, ss 247D(1), (2), (3) and (4) and 715(1), (4), (7) and (8).

Resource management — Resource consents — Delegation of powers to grant consents to company — Whether valid — Whether company an “officer of council” — Local Government Act 1974, ss 247D(1), (2), (3) and (4) and 715(1), (4), (7) and (8).