Currency Board Deemed Liable
'ew Zealand Press Association)
WELLINGTON, September 1 The acting Minister of Justice (Mr Marshall) today told Parliament the Decimal Currency Board could be sued in courts if any person considered he had suffered an injustice through an illegal action of the board.
Sir Basil Arthur (Opp., Timaru) had asked the Minister to advise, in view of the fact the board was not subject to provisions of the Parliamentary Commissioner (Ombudsman) Act, 1962, what action could be taken by persons who believed they had suffered an injustice. He said there appeared to be no appeal against the board’s decisions. Mr Marshall replied that under the Decimal Currency Act, 1964, the board could be sued.
In the case of the exercise of powers delegated to the board by the Minister of Finance under the act, any person suffering an injustice could, if he desired, make representations to the Minister. In reply to a supplementary question from Sir Basil Arthur, Mr Marshall said the board was among bodies being surveyed by the Justice Department to determine which, if any, should come under provisions of the Ombudsman Act.
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30845, 2 September 1965, Page 3
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