Owen v Physiotherapy Board - [1997] 3 NZLR 600

Judicial review — Statutory power of decision — Domestic tribunal — Whether giving of notice (under s 24(3) of Physiotherapy Act 1949) of decision to proceed with disciplinary hearing involved exercise of a statutory power of decision — Whether a threshold question as to Physiotherapy Board having reason to believe that grounds for disciplinary proceedings existed — Whether notice invalid — Physiotherapy Act 1949, s 24(3).

Medicine, pharmacy and related professions — Physiotherapists — Disciplinary proceedings — Whether giving of notice (under s 24(3) of Physiotherapy Act 1949) of decision to proceed with disciplinary hearing involved exercise of a statutory power of decision — Whether a threshold question as to Physiotherapy Board having reason to believe that grounds for disciplinary proceedings existed — Whether notice invalid — Physiotherapy Act 1949, s 24(3).