Interpretation Act 1978
48BPower to correct minor errors
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48B Power to correct minor errors (1) Where a decision made in proceedings before a person or body authorised by or under an Act to hear and determine a matter contains: (a) a clerical mistake; (b) an error arising from an accidental slip or omission; (c) a material miscalculation of figures or a material mistake in the description of a person, thing or matter referred to in the decision; or (d) a defect of form, the decision maker, of his or her own motion or on application by a party to the proceeding, may correct the decision. (2) In this section decision includes a judgment, order and determination, and the reasons for a decision.