Slipper Island Resort Ltd v Minister of Works and Development - [1981] 1 NZLR 136

Administrative law — Judicial review — "Statutory power of decision" — Statute conferred discretion on Governor-General to revoke taking of land — By constitutional convention discretion exercised on Ministerial advice — Whether in tendering advice, Minister is exercising a statutory power — Public Works Act 1928, s 27(1) — Judicature Amendment Act 1972, s 3.

Public works — Revocation of Proclamation for taking land — Whether the power of revocation contained in s 27 of the Public Works Act 1928 can only be exercised if the local authority consents.