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Those same powers were reviewed again in 2006 when speakers in Parliament acknowledged that personal rights and freedoms might become less important so that the health of others could be protected, Jagose said. A restriction of rights of peaceful assembly, association and movement was necessary when the coronavirus struck, she said. A public servant was not running amok with extreme powers. Parliament could not have been more clear that it intended to give the director-general power to infringe rights, Jagose said.
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Wellington lawyer Andrew Borrowdale has appealed against the legality of early coronavirus restrictions. It was obvious that the director-general had the power to make the orders covering March to May 2020, Jagose said. Then a “bespoke” law was passed to deal with coronavirus.
Level 4 lockdown legality appeal: court reserves decision rnz.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from rnz.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Wellington lawyer Andrew Borrowdale’s appeal is being heard at the Court of Appeal starting on Tuesday. They included a challenge to the way “essential services” were defined, the legality of an order stopping people gathering except with social distancing, requiring people to stay at home isolated or quarantined, and a later restatement that refined those restrictions. Borrowdale appealed against those parts of his case being dismissed. The Court of Appeal hearing, which began on Tuesday, was expected to last two days. Borrowdale’s lawyer, Jim Farmer, QC, told the court the Director-General issued orders not fit to deal with a national lockdown, and he didn’t have the power to make orders of that breadth and scope.
Ashley Bloomfield unlawfully put NZ in alert level 4 last year, court told rnz.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from rnz.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.