Steinborn v Minister of Immigration - [2002] 1 NZLR 639

Immigration — Deportation order — Form of order — Order referred to conviction but misstated date of conviction — Whether error amounted to non-compliance with requirement to state grounds on which order made — Whether non-compliance rendered notice invalid — Status of “corrected” notice — Service of appeal against deportation order to Deportation Review Tribunal — Whether appeal served within time — Appeal sent to Removal Review Authority instead of tribunal following error by New Zealand Immigration Service — Whether tribunal had power to extend time for filing — Immigration Act 1987, ss 91(1)(a), 94(b) and 104.

Administrative law — Defect or irregularity — Deportation notice giving incorrect details of offences relied on — Whether non-compliance with requirement to state “ground or grounds” — Whether notice invalid — Whether letter by Minister containing correction amounted to new notice or withdrawal of previous notice — Immigration Act 1987, s 94(b).