14 Mar 2006
J B INTERNATIONAL LTD V AUCKLAND CITY COUNCIL HC AK CIV 2005-404-2214
- Citation
- openlaw-522713da_67e2_4c34_bd0c_f9c873f4e3eb.pdf
- Court
- High Court
The Brothels Bylaw was quashed because, construed and applied, it produced a de facto prohibition of brothels (including small owner‑operated brothels) across substantial parts of the Auckland Isthmus and Central Area, thereby exceeding the delegated power in s14 and conflicting with the purposes of the Prostitution Reform Act 2003; the dispensation decision refusing Club 574 relief was irrational on the evidence and is set aside.