25 Feb 2016
THE GRAND HOTEL AWAROA LTD & JOHNSON v NZ POLICE [2016] NZHC 269
- Citation
- [2016] NZHC 269
- Court
- High Court
Section 206(2) of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 unambiguously confines rights of audience in ss280/285 proceedings to the parties 'personally or by counsel'; 'counsel' does not include an unqualified 'agent' and s201 limits application of the Commissions of Inquiry Act so s4A(3) cannot be used to expand s206(2); therefore the Authority correctly refused Mr Hart leave to appear as an agent and the appeal is dismissed.