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I uru atu a Demasol Ltd (“ Demasol ”) me South Pacific Industrial Ltd (“ South Pacific ”) ki tētahi kirimana hanga mā Demasol hei whakahaere i ngā mahi i tētahi whare hau tawhito. Ko ngā mahi i uru atu ki te whakahoro i tētahi tāke ipu nui kei roto te asbestos. Ko te utu i whakahuatia mō ngā mahi he $100,000.00 engari kāore i whakaurua te asbestos kāore e kitea . I mahia ngā mahi engari i roa ake i te wā i whakaarohia e ngā rōpū. I kī a Demasol kua piki ake te whānuitanga o ngā mahi i te wā o te kirimana. I tono utu mō ngā mahi tāpiri, me te kī he rerekētanga ēnei ki te kirimana. I tukuna e ia ngā kereme utu e rua i waenga i a Hānuere me Maehe 2021, neke atu i te $390,000.00 te tapeke.
I te whiwhinga o te ratonga, kāore a South Pacific i utu i ngā moni i keremehia, kāore hoki i whakaputa i ngā rārangi utu i raro i te CCA e tohu ana i whakahēngia e rātou ngā moni i keremehia. Engari, i te Paenga-whāwhā 2021 i tuhituhi atu ki a Demasol me te whakamōhio atu kua whakakahoretia e rātou ngā rerekētanga e whitu o te kereme utu 2 engari kotahi, ā, i kīia he kereme anō ā rātou ki a Demasol mō te kore mahi.
I tautohetohe ngā rōpū, ā, ko te mutunga iho, i te marama o Mei 2021, i whakatutukihia e Demasol te tono ture a te South Pacific mō te iti iho i te $305,000.00.
I whakautu a South Pacific mā te tuku tono ki te Kōti Matua, me te tono kia whakakorehia te tono ture i runga i te kore whai mana o ngā kereme utu. I te taenga o te take ki te Kōti Matua, kua utua katoatia te kereme utu 1.
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I whakatenatenahia te Kaiwhakawā Tuarua e South Paficic kia tirohia ngā painga o tana parepare, nā te mea kāore ngā kereme utu i tukuna e Demasol i whai mana i raro i ngā tikanga o te kirimana. I muri i te tirotiro i ngā kaupapa o ngā kereme utu e rua, i kitea e te Kaiwhakawā Tuarua he mea tika kia tautohetia kāore te kereme utu 2 i whai mana nā te mea he nui te moni i keremetia i pā ki ngā whakarerekētanga kāore i whakaaetia. I kitea e te Kaiwhakawā Tuarua ahakoa pēhea, he mea tika kia tautohetia he kore whai mana ngā kereme utu e rua nā te mea kāore i tukuna i runga i tētahi wā kua whakaaetia, e whakarite ana kia kotahi te utu i te otinga.
I runga i tēnā, i whakakorea e te Kaiwhakawā Tuarua te tono ture a Demasol.
I piira a Demasol.
Hei whakaora mā te Kōti Pīra!
Waimarie, kāore te Kōti Pīra i whakaae ki tēnei. I whakaae tahi rātou ki te whakatau he hē te Kaiwhakawā Tuarua i tana tirotiro i ngā tikanga o te kirimana hei whakatau mēnā he tika a Demasol ki te tuku i te kereme utu 2. [3] I kī te Kōti Pīra:
[41] I whai te Kaiwhakawā Tuarua ki te whakaaro i te kirimana i waenganui i a Demasol me SPI kia whakatauhia ai mēnā he tika a Demasol ki te tuku i te kereme. Ki tā mātou titiro, i hē ia i tana whakahaere i tēnei uiuinga. Ko te Wāhanga 20(1) o te CCA e pā ana ki te wā e taea ai e te kaiwhiwhi te tuku i tētahi kereme utu. Mena kei roto i te kirimana hanga te take, ka taea te tuku kereme utu i te mutunga o te wā kua tohua, kua whakatauhia rānei i runga i te kirimana. Mena kāore te kirimana e whakarato ana i te take, i roto i te take o te utu whakamua, ka taea te tuku kereme utu i te mutunga o te wā e tika ana kua whakahuatia i roto i te wāhanga 17(2) — arā, ko te wā e tīmata ana i te rā o te marama i mahia tuatahitia ai te mahi hanga, ā, ka mutu i te rā whakamutunga o taua marama, me ia marama i muri mai. I roto i te take o tētahi utu kotahi kua whakaaetia i raro i te wāhanga 14(1)(a), ki te kore te kirimana e whakarato ana i te take, ka taea te tuku kereme utu i muri i te otinga o ngā mahi hanga katoa e pā ana ki te kirimana.
[42] He nui te tautohetohe i mua i te Kaiwhakawā Tuarua mō tēhea o ēnei whakaritenga e pā ana. Kāore mātou i te tino whakapono he rerekētanga tēnei mō ngā kaupapa o nāianei. Mena i hiahia a SPI ki te tautohe kāore a Demasol i te tika ki te tuku kereme utu ki a ia i te wā i pērā ai a Demasol, he wāhi tēnā i taea e ia, ā, i tika kia tangohia e ia hei whakautu i roto i tētahi maramataka utu. Heoi, kāore a SPI i tuku i tētahi maramataka utu, ā, i whai kē ia ki te whakaara ake i te take, me ētahi atu, i te wā anake i tangohia ai e Demasol ngā mahi hei whakamana i te nama i runga i te wāhanga 23(2)(a) o te CCA.
I te taenga ki tēnei whakatau, ka haere tonu te Kōti ki te tirotiro i te kereme utu 2. I kitea e ia kua tutuki i te kereme ia o ngā whakaritenga ture i raro i te wāhanga 20 o te CCA mō tētahi kereme utu tika. I kitea e ia ka whai kawenga te kaiutu ki te utu i te moni i keremetia mēnā kāore ia e tuku i tētahi wātaka utu ki te kaiwhiwhi i roto i te wā kua whakaritea i roto i te CCA.
Nā te korenga o te rā tika i whakarite ai i tētahi wātaka utu, ka whai mana a South Pacific ki te utu i te moni i tonoa. Nō reira, i whai mana a Demasol ki te whakahoki mai i te wāhanga kāore anō kia utua o te moni i tonoa hei nama e tika ana kia utua i roto i tētahi kooti, me ngā utu anō hoki.
Hei whakamutunga, i kī te Kōti Pīra kāore a Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa ki te Tonga i aukatia i ngā tukanga whakatau a te CCA, i ētahi atu tukanga rānei. Ka taea e ia te whakahaere i ngā tautohe maha i tukuna e ia ahakoa te utu ki a Demasol. Me utu noa ināianei, ā, me tautohe i muri mai . [4]
Whakamutunga
Ko te kaupapa o te CCA he pupuri i te rere o te moni, ā, kua whakaū anō te Kōti Pīra i tēnā me te reo nui, me te mārama. Mena ka tukuna he kereme utu ki tētahi rōpū o tētahi kirimana hanga e hiahia ana ki te tautohe, me whai i ngā tikanga kua whakatakotoria i roto i te CCA. Me whakarato he kaupapa utu e whakaatu ana i te nui o te utu ka utua e ia, te nui o te utu kāore e utua, me te whakamārama he aha. Kātahi ka utua e ia te nui o te moni e whakaaetia ana e ia. Mena kei te hiahia te kaitono ki te tautohe i te tono, ka taea e ia te haere ki te whakatau i ngā mea i runga i te tika o tana kereme.
Ngā Tohutoro
[1] South Pacific Industril Ltd v Demasol Ltd [2021] NZHC 3597.
[2] Demasol Ltd v South Pacific Industrial Ltd [2022] NZCA 480 .
[3] Ko te kereme utu 2 anake i whakaarohia e te Kōti Pīra, nā te mea kua utua katoatia te kereme utu 1.
[4] Pararāfu [57].
