21 Feb 2023
TIMARU DISTRICT COUNCIL v MINISTER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT [2023] NZHC 244 [21 February 2023]
- Citation
- [2023] NZHC 244
- Court
- High Court
Although the High Court has jurisdiction under the Declaratory Judgments Act to declare legal principles, the court refused relief in its discretion: the proposed declarations were overbroad, abstract and of little utility, and they impermissibly risked interfering with an ongoing legislative process (Three Waters reforms) better determined by Parliament; accordingly the application for declaratory relief was dismissed.