14 Apr 2008
DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RIGHTS PROCEEDINGS V THE CATHOLIC CHURCH FOR NEW ZEALAND HC AK CIV 2006-404-006162
- Citation
- openlaw-6877980b_5273_4d9c_a8c4_91cc9ebdb483.pdf
- Court
- High Court
The High Court held that the word 'tribunal' in the Privacy Act's definition of 'agency' is not capable of applying to non-statutory tribunals; therefore non-statutory bodies such as the Catholic Tribunal remain agencies subject to the Privacy Act; leave to appeal was granted because the legal question was arguable and of sufficient public importance to merit determination by the Court of Appeal.