31 Jul 2017
VECTOR LTD v HUTCHISON, CAIRNS, CARMICHAEL, SHERRY AND BUCZKOSKI [2017] NZHC 1774
- Citation
- [2017] NZHC 1774
- Court
- High Court
The High Court held the Electricity Industry Act 2010, read as a whole (notably s 32 and s 42(2)(f)), authorises the Electricity Authority to prescribe default core terms for distributors' use-of-system agreements and to pursue standardisation; the presumption in favour of freedom of contract is a relevant but not overriding interpretive consideration; s 44's express transmission power does not limit the Authority's power to regulate distribution UoSAs; the Commerce Commission's price-quality role does not wholly preclude the Authority prescribing contract terms though particular clauses that…