Chan v Lower Hutt City Corporation - [1976] 2 NZLR 75

Public works — Compulsory purchase of land and compensation — Procedure for taking land — Validity of notice of intention to take and subsequent proclamation unsuccessfully challenged on the ground that the purpose was not sufficiently described therein — Public Works Act 1928, s 22(1)(c).

Public works — Taking of land and compensation for land taken — Power to take land — Council taking land pursuant to s 47(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1953 as being necessary in accordance with its scheme.

Town and country planning — Town and Country Planning Act — Acquisition of land — The expression in s 47(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1953 "if in accordance with the scheme" is to be construed as "if in harmony and conformity with the scheme" - Town and Country Planning Act 1953, s 47(1).