Papamuri
I uru atu a TBS Remcon Ltd ( TBS ) me te Body Corporate 197281 ( Body Corporate ) ki tētahi kirimana hanga NZS 3910:2013 hei whakahaere i ngā mahi whakaora ātete-huarere.
I te haere tonu o te mahi, i kitea ētahi hapa hou, ā, i tino whānui ake ai te whānuitanga o ngā mahi. Nā reira, i piki ake ngā utu hanga mai i te $8.4m ki te $35m.
Whai muri i te otinga o ngā mahi, i whakakahore te Kāwanatanga ki te utu i te toenga o te utu i whakaaetia nā te mea kei te hapa tonu ētahi o ngā wāhanga mahi.
I tonohia a TBS mō:
- whakataunga whakarāpopototanga ki te Rōpū Whakahaere mō te utu i te toenga hei nama e tika ana kia utua i raro i te CCA. I whakahē te Rōpū Whakahaere i tēnei nā te mea he kereme nui tāna, ā, kua tīmata kē tana whakawakanga ki a TBS; ā,
- he whakaroa i te kereme whakahoki i whakaarahia e te Rōpū Whakahaere i runga i te whakaaro me tuku te kereme whakahoki mō ngā mahi hapa ki te whakatau tautohe i raro i te rarangi 13.4 o NZS 3910. I whakahē te Rōpū Whakahaere i tēnei i runga i te whakaaro kāore e taea te whakamana i te rarangi whakatau tautohe.
Whakataunga whakarāpopototanga me te whakaroa i te whakatinanatanga
I whakaae te Kōti ko te moni kua whakaritea he 'nama e tika ana kia utua' i raro i te wāhanga 24 o te CCA, ā, i tukuna he whakataunga whakarāpopoto ki a TBS i runga i tēnei kaupapa. Kāore he pānga o te kereme whakahoki a te Rōpū Whakahaere i runga i te wāhanga 79 o te CCA, i aukati i te kōti ki te whai whakaaro ki ngā kereme whakahoki " i roto i ngā whakahaerenga katoa mō te whakahoki mai i tētahi [nama e tika ana kia utua i raro i te CCA] ".
Ahakoa rā, i whakahaua e te Kōti kia whakaroahia te whakatinanatanga o te whakataunga whakarāpopototanga kia rangona rā anō te kereme whakahoki a te Rōpū Whakahaere, nā te mea ko te akiaki i te Rōpū Whakahaere ki te utu ka hua ake pea he " he hē nui o te tika ". Ko ngā āhuatanga e whai ake nei i whakawhirinakihia hei whakamahi i taua mana whakatau:
- He pono te " whakaaro " a te Kōti mō ngā kereme whakahē;
- Te " pikinga nui o te utu " mō te kaupapa;
- he tino tūponotanga kei kore e taea e te Rōpū Whakahaere te whai i te kereme whakahoki nā te korenga o ngā moni, mehemea rānei ka taea, kāore he hua nā te mea kua hokona kētia e TBS tana pakihi, ā, kua noho hei kamupene angaanga inaianei; ā,
- He kereme pono tā te Rōpū Whakahaere e kī ana he hapa te mahi whakatikatika.
Te tukanga tautohe i raro i te NZS 3910
I tono a TBS kia whakaroahia te kereme whakahoki i runga i te whakaaro kei roto i te kirimana he whakaaetanga whakatau tautohe.
I whakahē te Rōpū Whakahaere i te akiaki i a rātou ki te whakatau i tā rātou kereme whakahoki i runga i ngā take e rua:
- kāore e whai mana te Ture Whakatau Tautohe a te NZS; ā,
- He "kaihoko" te Rōpū Whakahaere i raro i te wāhanga 11 o te Ture Whakatau Tautohe 1996, ā, nā reira kāore e taea te whakamana i tētahi rarangi whakatau tautohe i whakaaetia i mua i te ara ake o te tautohe.
Wāhanga Whakatau Tautohe
I kite te Kōti kua pau te Wāhanga Whakatau Tautohe NZS 13.2.1 o NZS 3910 i te marama kotahi i muri i te whakaputanga o te rārangi utu whakamutunga (ki te kore te tautohe e tukuna ki te whakawakanga). I te mea kua pahemo taua wā, kāore e taea te whakamana i te wāhanga, ā, i wātea te Rōpū Whakahaere ki te tautohe i tana kereme whakahoki.
I whakaae te Kōti ka taea te whakaora anō i te Wāhanga Whakatau Tautohe a te NZS mā te whakatau tuatahi i te tautohe, heoi, ki te kore, ā, kia puta rā anō tēnā, " kua kati te tatau ki te whakatau tautohe " i muri i te paunga o te wā kotahi marama. Kāore he whakaaro, he tūponotanga rānei kia whakatau te Rōpū Whakahaere i konei i te mea kua tīmata kē te tautohe.
"Kaihoko"
I roto i te Wāhanga 11 o te Ture Whakatau Tautohe o te tau 1996, i whakaritea kāore e taea te whakamana i tētahi whakaaetanga whakatau tautohe me tētahi "kaihoko" mēnā kāore te kaihoko e whakaae kia herea e taua whakaaetanga i muri i te putanga ake o te tautohe.
Ahakoa kāore he rerekētanga ki te hua o tēnei take, i whakaū te Kōti me noho te "kaihoko" hei tangata tūturu mō tēnei kaupapa. Nō reira, kāore e taea e te hinonga whakahaere te whakawhirinaki ki te wāhanga 11 hei karo i te Wāhanga Whakatau Tautohenga a te NZS (i tētahi atu wāhanga whakatau tautohenga rānei).
Tukuna ki te Pīra
I te 29 o Hūrae 2021, i whakaaetia a SRG Global Remediation Services (NZ) Ltd ( SRG ) (i mua ko TBS) ki te tuku piira mō te whakataunga.
Nā te Kaiwhakawā Tuarua a Gardiner i homai ngā take e whai ake nei mō te tuku whakaaetanga:
- I te iti rawa i tērā, he take tautohetohe hei whakatakoto, arā, i te whakaroa i te whakatinanatanga o tētahi whakataunga i tukuna i raro i te wāhanga 79 o te CCA, i puta he hapa ture. I kitea i roto i te whakamahi i tana mana whakatau, i roto i te tikanga mahi, kua whakamanahia e te Kōti te kereme whakahoki a te Rōpū Whakahaere (i āraia e te wāhanga 79).
- Mō te take o te rarangi whakatau tautohe, kāore anō kia tau te ture, me te " kore o te mana mō te kaupapa ", nō reira ko te tirohanga a SRG kia taea te whakaora anō i te tukanga whakatau tautohe he " mea kaha ki te tautohe nui ".
- He mea nui ki te katoa ngā take i piiratia e te SRG, ā, he mea nui ki te marea kia whakarongohia te piira.