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ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS (JUDICIAL REVIEW) ACT 1977 No. 59 of 1977 - SECT 16

Powers of the Court in respect of applications for order of review.
16. (1) On an application for an order of review in respect of a decision, the
Court may, in its discretion, make all or any of the following orders:-

   (a)  an order quashing or setting aside the decision, or a part of the
        decision, with effect from the date of the order or from such earlier
        or later date as the Court specifies;

   (b)  an order referring the matter to which the decision relates to the
        person who made the decision for further consideration, subject to
        such directions as the Court thinks fit;

   (c)  an order declaring the rights of the parties in respect of any matter
        to which the decision relates;

   (d)  an order directing any of the parties to do, or to refrain from doing,
        any act or thing the doing, or the refraining from the doing, of which
        the Court considers necessary to do justice between the parties.

(2) On an application for an order of review in respect of conduct that has
been, is being, or is proposed to be, engaged in for the purpose of the making
of a decision, the Court may, in its discretion, make either or both of the
following orders:-

   (a)  an order declaring the rights of the parties in respect of any matter
        to which the conduct relates;

   (b)  an order directing any of the parties to do, or to refrain from doing,
        any act or thing the doing, or the refraining from the doing, of which
        the Court considers necessary to do justice between the parties.

(3) On an application for an order of review in respect of a failure to make a
decision, or in respect of a failure to make a decision within the period
within which the decision was required to be made, the Court may, in its
discretion, make all or any of the following orders:-

   (a)  an order directing the making of the decision;

   (b)  an order declaring the rights of the parties in relation to the making
        of the decision;

   (c)  an order directing any of the parties to do, or to refrain from doing,
        any act or thing the doing, or the refraining from the doing, of which
        the Court considers necessary to do justice between the parties.

(4) The Court may at any time, of its own motion or on the application of any
party, revoke, vary, or suspend the operation of, any order made by it under
this section. 


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