Waitaki County Council v Local Government Commission - [1988] 1 NZLR 366

Local Government — Local Government Commission — Reorganisation scheme — Borough Council, County Council and Catchment Commission initiated reorganisation scheme with Local Government Commission — County subsequently resiled from proposed scheme — Whether scheme may include territorial local authorities and Catchment Commission — Whether there must be a separate scheme for local authorities under Part I of first schedule to Local Government Act and a separate scheme for those under Part II — Whether scheme was ultra vires the local authorities and the Local Government Commission — Local Government Act 1974, ss 15, 25, 26, 35, 36, 37, 37B and 37C.