Taylor v New Zealand Poultry Board - [1984] 1 NZLR 394

Administrative law — Validity of regulations — Privilege against self-incrimination — Poultry farmer failed to answer inquiries concerning the source of production and ownership of eggs in his possession which were intended for sale — Whether the Poultry Board Act authorised the making of regulations which created an offence of refusing or failing to answer inquiries put to a person by an authorised officer of the Poultry Board — Whether the common law privilege against self-incrimination was confined to Court proceedings — Poultry Board Act 1980, s 24 - Poultry Board Regulations 1980, reg 57.