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High Court Wellington
5 September; 12 October 1994
Thorp J
5 September; 12 October 1994
Thorp J
Practice and procedure — Declarations — Whether the Court has jurisdiction to give "advisory opinions" — Proper scope of remedy of declaration and for exercise of discretion as to jurisdiction — Declaratory Judgments Act 1908, s 2.
Statutes — Interpretation — Land owned by Local Body surplus to requirements for public work — Power of disposal to owner of adjacent land or to offer for public sale — Such power alternative or sequential — Public Works Act 1981, s 42.