New Zealand Apple and Pear Marketing Board v Apple Fields Ltd - [1991] 1 NZLR 257

Commercial law — Commerce Act — Exceptions to Act — New Zealand Apple and Pear Marketing Board imposed on certain growers a levy which it was held would substantially lessen competition in the market and was illegal — Board argued that as it was specifically authorised by its statute to impose such a levy it was exempted from provisions of Commerce Act which would otherwise make levy illegal — Whether levy illegal — Apple and Pear Marketing Act 1971, s 31 - Commerce Act 1986, ss 27 and 43.