Hawkins v Minister of Justice - [1991] 2 NZLR 530

Administrative law — Judicial review — Orders in Council — Whether precedent statutory criteria were open to review — Whether conditions were matters of jurisdictional fact — Whether administrative authorities could determine questions of law — Requirements for proper interpretation — Extent of discretion given to administrative authority — Whether reasonable to conclude that statutory requirements had been satisfied — Corporations (Investigation and Management) Act 1989 ss 3, 4, 38 and 57 - Corporations (Investigation and Management) Order 1989.

Statutes — Interpretation — Statutory orders — Whether precedent statutory criteria were open to review — Requirements for proper interpretation — Whether reasonable to conclude that statutory requirements had been satisfied — Corporations (Investigation and Management) Act 1989 ss 3, 4, 38 and 57 - Corporations (Investigation and Management) Order 1989.