16 Aug 2016
COOK v CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT [2016] NZHC 1892 [16 August 2016]
- Citation
- [2016] NZHC 1892
- Court
- High Court
Because s 12Q(6) requires the Chair of the Social Security Appeal Authority to settle and sign a case before it can be sent to the High Court, and the Chair declined to do so, no case was stated and the High Court had no jurisdiction to hear the purported appeal; the appeal is dismissed.
- Appeal by way of case stated
- Jurisdiction to hear appeals
- Statutory interpretation of s 12q
- Authority procedural powers
- Composition of appeal panels