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Court of Appeal Wellington
13, 14 May; 9 September 1974
McCarthy P , Richmond and Haslam JJ
13, 14 May; 9 September 1974
McCarthy P , Richmond and Haslam JJ
Town and country planning — Detrimental work — Council belatedly prohibiting subdivision into lots of less than 50 acres as being a detrimental work - "Subdivision" completed when plan deposited — Town and Country Planning Act 1953, s 38.
Town and country planning — Offences — Failing to comply with or acting in contravention of a prohibition — Mens rea an ingredient of offence — Town and Country Planning Act 1953, s 50A.
Property law — Real property — Land Transfer Act — Caveat entered by District Land Registrar invalid as no "improper dealing" - Land Transfer Act 1952, s 211(d).