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154 Declaratory jurisdiction
154 Declaratory jurisdiction
(1) The Commission in Court Session may make binding declarations of right in relation to a matter in which the Commission, however constituted, has jurisdiction.
(2) The Commission in Court Session may make a declaration of right, whether or not consequential relief is or could be claimed.
(3) Proceedings before the Commission in Court Session are not open to objection on the ground that a declaration of right only is sought.
s 154: Rep 2016 No 48, Sch 1 [16]. Ins 2023 No 41, Sch 1.2[15].