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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.