Victory Park Board v Christchurch City - [1965] NZLR 741

Crown — Land held by Crown as bare trustee — Management and control vested in statutory board — Whether Crown's immunity from rates enjoyed by board — Municipal Corporations Act 1954, s. 412.

Public reserves and domains — Public park vested in Crown as bare trustee — Management and control vested in statutory board — Whether board an agent of Crown — Whether local authority entitled to make and levy rates on park — Whether board liable for such rates as occupier — Restrictions on use of buildings in park — Acts Interpretation Act 1924, ss. 5 (j), 5 (k) — Municipal Corporations Act 1954, s. 412, Part XXII — Rating Act 1925, s. 2 — Victory Park Act 1919, ss. 2, 4.

Rates and rating — "Occupier" — Whether including owner of property who occupies it himself — Rating Act 1925, s. 2.