New Zealand Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Definition of 'decision'

Legal area

Court

25 Jan 2002

Adlam v Accident Compensation Corporation

Citation

[2002] NZACC 23
Court

District Court

Commissioning a medical report pursuant to s.60 and the claimant's consent is an investigatory step, not a 'decision' as defined in s.13; therefore there was no reviewable decision under s.135 and no appealable review decision under s.152, so the Reviewer and this Court lacked jurisdiction.
7 Dec 2000

Tuioti v Accident Compensation Corporation

Citation

[2000] NZACC 327
Court

District Court

The 30 July 1999 letter was the operative decision under s136 to cease the appellant's back entitlements; the 7 September 1999 letter was at most declaratory regarding that earlier decision and did not constitute a new decision that would restart the three‑month review period, therefore the review application filed after the statutory period was invalid and the Review Officer correctly found no jurisdiction.