12 Aug 2019
CHARLES EDWARD FRANCIS KIDD v SOUTHLAND DISTRICT COUNCIL [2019] NZHC 1947
- Citation
- [2019] NZHC 1947
- Court
- High Court
The Court dismissed the judicial review: the Council lawfully and reasonably exercised its statutory discretion in setting the 2016/17 differential targeted wastewater rate using number of pans/urinals as a permitted factor under the Rating Act; rates cannot be set on a per-occupant or volumetric wastewater basis under the Rating Act; the applicant did not identify illegality or satisfy the high threshold of Wednesbury/unreasonableness to overturn the decision.