Beca v Wellington City Council: Kua whakamama te Hupirimi Kōti i te tautohetohe i waenga i te Ture Hanga Whare 2004 me te Ture Whakawhāiti 2010   

Kua tukuna e te Kōti Matua te keehi Beca Carter Hollings & Ferner Limited v Wellington City Council, he keehi e tatarihia ana mō te wā roa. Ka tirohia e Alex Lyall te whakataunga me tōna tikanga mō ngā kereme takoha ā muri ake nei.
Kaituhi(ngā): Alexander Lyall

I te marama kua taha ake nei, i tukuna e te Kōti Matua te whakataunga a Beca Carter Hollings & Ferner Limited v Wellington City Council , [1] e whakatau ana i te tautohe roa mō te taea o ngā kereme takoha mō te mangere e pā ana ki te whare BNZ i Wellington kua whakahoroa inaianei.

I roto i tētahi whakataunga wehewehe (3:2), i whakatau te Kōti Matua kāore te herenga roa mō te 10 tau i roto i te Ture Hanga Whare 2004 e pā ki ngā kereme takoha.

I whakatauhia tetahi wāhanga o te keehi Beca v Wellington City Council i runga i te tika. Heoi, he tokomaha kei roto i te umanga hanga whare ka kite pea ko te whakataunga he whakawhāiti noa i te mutunga o ngā tautohe.

Papamuri

I te Whiringa-ā-rangi 2016, i oho ake te nuinga o te whenua i te rū whenua 7.1 i Kaikoura. Nā te rū whenua i pakaru te whare o BNZ i waenganui o Te Whanganui-a-Tara, ā, i akiaki a BNZ ki te whai i ngā mahi ture ki te Kaunihera o te Tāone o Te Whanganui-a-Tara ( WCC ) me Beca, he kamupene tohutohu hanga whare. I angitu a BNZ i te Kōti Matua.

Whai muri i te wikitoria o BNZ, ka tīmata te WCC i tētahi kereme ki a Beca mō te whai wāhi ki te mangere, me te kī ko ngā kaihanga te tino kawenga mō te mangere i arahi ai ki te kino.

I whakautu a Beca mā te tautohe kua āraia te WCC i te whai i te kereme. I ahu mai tēnei i te pānuitanga o te rohenga wā ture mō ngā kereme. I raro i te Ture Hanga Whare 2004 ( BA 2004 ), i tautohe a Beca, me tuku ngā kereme mō te takoha i roto i ngā tau 10 mai i te mahi mangere.

Ngā ture whakataetae

Ko te take matua o te kēhi i aro ki ngā whakaritenga e rua i roto i ngā ture rerekē, he mea tino hirahira te whakarapopototanga.

Ngā whakahaerenga ā-ture e pā ana ki ngā mahi hanga whare

I aro te tautohe a Beca ki te whakamāramatanga o te wāhanga 393(2) o te BA 2004. E whai ake nei te kōrero (tā mātou whakanui):

393 Ngā parenga here 

(1) Ka pā te Ture Whakawhāiti 2010 ki ngā whakawakanga ā-ture mō tētahi tangata mēnā ka puta aua whakawakanga mai i —

(a) ngā mahi hanga e pā ana ki te hoahoa, te hanga, te whakarerekētanga, te whakahoro, te tango rānei i tētahi whare, i te hanga rānei i tētahi wāhanga modular i hangaia e tētahi MCM kua rēhitatia kua whai tiwhikete hei hanga; rānei

(b) te mahi i tētahi mahi i raro i tēnei Ture, i tētahi ture o mua rānei e pā ana ki te hanganga, te whakarerekētanga, te whakahoro, te tango rānei i te whare, i te wāhanga wāhanga rānei.

(2) Heoi, kāore e taea te tuku awhina mō ngā whakahaerenga ā-ture e pā ana ki ngā mahi hanga whare mēnā ka kawea aua whakahaerenga ki tētahi tangata i muri i te 10 tau, neke atu rānei, mai i te rā o te mahi, o te korenga rānei i ahu mai ai ngā whakahaerenga.

I tautoko a Beca kia mārama te whakamārama i te whakaritenga, me te whakanui i te aukati i te awhina i tukuna e pā ana ki ngā tukanga ā-ture e pā ana ki ngā mahi hanga whare. Me te āhua mārama o tēnei tohutohu, me pēhea e taea ai e te WCC te tono mō te mangere takoha 11 tau i muri i ngā mahi?

I tautohe te WCC, i te mea e whai ana rātou i tētahi kereme takoha, kāore te whakaritenga roa-mutunga i roto i te Ture Hanga Whare 2004 i pā. I raro ngā kereme takoha i tā rātou ake tikanga i raro i te Ture Whakawhāiti 2010 ( LA 2010 ) me tōna mua, te Ture Whakawhāiti 1950 ( LA 1950 ).

I whakaae te Kōti Pīra ki te tautohe a te WCC.

Te Kōti Matua: kāore ngā whakaritenga whakamutu 10-tau e pāngia e ngā kereme takoha

Ko te taupatupatu i waenganui i te wāhanga 232(2) o te Ture Whakamana 2004 me ngā wāhanga 34 me te 50 o te Ture Whakamana 2010 te take matua mō te Kōti Matua.

I te nuinga o te iwi, i te wā i paahitia ai te wāhanga 393(2) o te BA 2004, kāore te Paremata i te whakaaro ki te whakakore i ngā tūponotanga mō ngā kereme takoha.

I tae te Kōti ki tēnei tirohanga whai muri i te aromatawai i te hītori ture o ngā kereme takoha. Nā te Wāhanga 17(1)(c) o te Ture Whakahou Ture 1936 ( LRA 1936 ) i waihanga he huarahi motuhake mō ngā kereme takoha. I matapakihia e ngā pūrongo a te Komihana Ture i muri mai te take me tēnei whakaaro, me te kore whakaaro kua whakawhāitihia pea te pūnaha e te Ture Hanga Whare 2004.

I kitea anō hoki e te nuinga ētahi kitenga matua mō ngā take e whai ake nei:

1. Te Tūturutanga me te Whakamutunga: He tika tā Beca i kī ai ko te kaupapa o te whakaritenga aukati roa he whakatairanga i te tūturutanga me te whakamutunga. I hangaia ngā whakaritenga aukati roa i roto i te horopaki o te āhuatanga o ngā whare turuturu, inā koa mō ngā kaiwhakamana whare.

Heoi, i whakatikahia te tino māramatanga me te whakamutunga mā te whakarato i te wā whakawhāiti tau e rua mō ngā kereme e whakahaeretia ana i raro i te LA 2010, i te wā e ono tau rānei i raro i te LA 1950.

2. Ngā kereme tāpiri: Kāore te longstop e whakakore i te mana whakatau i raro i te wāhanga 50 o te LA 2010 kia taea ai te tuku kereme tāpiri i waho o te wā here. Kāore te nuinga i kite i te tikanga o te wehewehe noa i waenga i ngā kereme tāpiri me ngā kereme takoha.

3. He mea nui ngā kereme takoha: Ko te kaha ki te rapu utu mai i ngā kaimahi hara tahi i tino whakatōkia ki roto i te ture noa me te tika.

Hei tauira, i roto i te keehi Body Corporate 330324 “ City Gardens Apartments” v Auckland City Council , [2] i whakaaetia e te Kōti te tirohanga me tohatoha te kawenga i waenga i ngā tāngata kei raro i ngā nama taurite hei utu i te mate kotahi (hei tauira, ko ngā kaiwhakaū e tika ana kia utu i te nama kotahi, me te kore e utu i te nama kotahi). I whakaatuhia anō hoki e tēnei whakataunga te whakamahinga o tēnei tirohanga i roto i te equity.

Te Whakamutunga i ngā kereme e pā ana ki te hanga whare: Ka whakanui ake a Glazebrook rāua ko O'Regan JJ i te Ture Hanga Whare 2004

I whakaae te hunga tokoiti ki ngā tautohe a Beca mō te wāhanga 393(2) o te BA 2004. He mārama te kupu, ā, kāore he mea nui hei kī kāore ngā kereme takoha i roto i te whakaritenga mō te roa o te wā.

I whakaaroarohia hoki e te hunga tokoiti ngā take motuhake ka puta ake i te whakataunga:

  • Te whakaiti i te ārai mate mō ngā mana whakahaere whakaaetanga: Kei te Wāhanga 392 o te Ture Hanga Whare 2004 te tiakitanga mō ngā mana whakahaere whakaaetanga. I tōna āhua, ka tukuna e te whakaritenga he ārai mate ki ngā mana whakahaere whakaaetanga hanga mai i ngā whakahaerenga ā-ture ina mahi te mana whakahaere whakaaetanga hanga (i runga i te ngākau pono) i runga i te whakawhirinaki ki ngā tuhinga motuhake. Ki te tirohanga a te hunga tokoiti, ko te angitu o te whakaae i te tautohe a te WCC ka tino whakaiti i te ārai mate i whakaratohia i raro i te wāhanga. Tērā pea ka pā tēnei ki ētahi atu rōpū, tae atu ki te hunga kua whakahuatia i te wāhanga 390.
  • Whakamutunga: Mā te whakaae ki te tirohanga a te nuinga ka takahi i te hiahia o te Paremata ki te whakarato i tētahi taumata o te tino māramatanga ki ngā rōpū.
  • Te Kore Tika: He pono ko te whakamahinga o te aukati roa ki ngā kereme takoha ka āhei pea te puta o ngā āhuatanga kore tika. Heoi, ko te kore tika i ētahi wā he utu i pai te Paremata ki te utu hei whakatutuki i te tino pono mā te whakamahi i te aukati roa.

Whakamutunga

Tērā pea ka nui te pānga o te whakataunga a te Kōti Matua ki ngā kereme mangere ā muri ake nei. Ahakoa ka taea te tohatoha tika i te kawenga mā te kaha ki te kereme i te mangere whai wāhi, ka heke te taumata o te tino mōhio mō ngā rōpū. Ko Beca v Wellington City Council he whakataunga me mārama ngā rōpū katoa ki ngā take hanga.

Ngā Tohutoro

[1] Beca Carter Hollings & Ferner Limited v Te Kaunihera o te Tāone o Wellington [2024] NZSC 117. 

[2] Te Rōpū Whakahaere 330324 “Ngā Whare Noho o City Gardens” v Te Kaunihera o Tāmaki Makaurau [2015] NZHC 995. 

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