Labour Department v Merrit Beazley Homes Ltd - [1976] 1 NZLR 505

Statutes — Statutory rules and orders and statutory instruments — Validity — Statutory power to make regulations by Order in Council may be necessary or expedient for giving full effect to the Act — Regulation extending to a matter not within the Act invalid — Construction Regulations 1961, reg 28A(1).

Building contracts, engineers and architects — Scaffolding inspection and restrictions — Regulations for the safety of persons employed on construction work — Regulation extending protection to visitors in respect of a danger which was not a danger to employees — Construction Act 1959, ss 3(2) and 30(1).