THE HOUSING ACT.
STILL IN OPERATION. AM INTERESTING POINT. By Teiegrapli.—Press Association. Auckland, Last Night "It is not for me to givo an aplfljra on matters that concern the Courts," said the Prime Minister to-day, when asked an to a point that had been made in an Auckland case dealing with housing, "but mr personal view is that the wartime legislation to which reference is made in the Housing Aot has not been repealed." 5 The point was an interesting one. It was that if special war legislation lapsed at the conclusion of six months aftet the official declaration of peace, ' the Housing Act, which is now in opfitatidn, is really ultra vires. The PrWffler, M course, gives only his personal view, as he was careful to make clear,.. In effect, it is that the housing legislation if regular.
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Taranaki Daily News, 4 December 1920, Page 4
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139THE HOUSING ACT. Taranaki Daily News, 4 December 1920, Page 4
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