2 Apr 2014
AUCKLAND REGIONAL RESCUE HELICOPTER TRUST v AUCKLAND REGIONAL AMENITIES FUNDING BOARD [2014] NZHC 647
- Citation
- [2014] NZHC 647
- Court
- High Court
The Court held the Funding Board and Council acted within the statutory scheme: the Act guarantees an adequate, sustainable and secure funding stream available to each specified amenity but does not guarantee fixed entitlements; the Funding Board lawfully considered consolidated funds earmarked for capital when assessing operational funding because funding under the Act is limited to operational expenditure and applicants must maximise other sources; the Council's further funding principle to 'have regard to' proposed rates increases is within its broad power to add funding principles and is…