Travlon Coachlines (2005) Limited v New Zealand Transport Agency
[2018] NZHC 1276
•1 June 2018
IN THE HIGH COURT OF NEW ZEALAND CHRISTCHURCH REGISTRY
I TE KŌTI MATUA O AOTEAROA ŌTAUTAHI ROHE
CIV-2017-409-001002 [2018] NZHC 1276
BETWEEN TRAVLON COACHLINES (2005) LIMITED
Applicant
AND
NEW ZEALAND TRANSPORT AGENCY
Respondent
Hearing: On the papers Counsel:
J L S Shaw and C A Holmes for the Applicant B Hawes and K South for the Respondent
Judgment:
1 June 2018
JUDGMENT OF NATION J
[1] In my judgment of 28 March 2018, I decided the revocation of Travlon Coachlines (2005) Limited’s (Travlon) passenger service licences would take effect after 31 May 2018.1 This was to allow time for Travlon to make an application for new licences that would enable it to carry on in business after that time if the licences were granted.
[2] Travlon submitted an application to the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) for new licences on 7 May 2018. The NZTA have advised the Court they need more time to consider that application but anticipate they will be able to make a decision by mid to late June 2018.
1 Travlon Coachlines (2005) Ltd v New Zealand Transport Agency [2018] NZHC 558 at [120].
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[3] In these circumstances, the NZTA have agreed there should be a variation to my earlier orders extending the interim relief granted at para [118] of my judgment to a date two weeks after notification of the NZTA’s decision on the application that has been filed.
[4] By consent, the orders referred to in para [118] of my earlier judgment are to continue in force until two weeks after notification by the NZTA to Travlon of its decision on the application which was submitted on 7 May 2018. All conditions listed at para [118] of the earlier judgment remain in force until the end of the extended period. The extension is granted without prejudice to the decision which NZTA is required to make on the application for new licences.
Solicitors:
Wynn Williams, Christchurch
Raymond Donnelly & Co., Christchurch.
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