16 Apr 2015
KEEN LLOYD HOLDINGS LTD AND OTHERS v. COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- KEEN LLOYD HOLDINGS LTD AND OTHERS v. COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCAL113/2012
The court entertained the respondents' application to vary relief but refused the proposed remedial interpretation because reading out the distinction between domestic and other premises and inserting a wider s22(1)(c) would effectuate legislative change, alter fundamental features of the IEO search regime (including converting s21(3) warrantless powers and affecting s21(2)(c)), and have practical repercussions the court cannot evaluate; accordingly the application for remedial interpretation was refused, costs were awarded to the applicants, and the earlier orders to return seized items stan…