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A key PAJA timing rule often linked to when judicial-review proceedings should be started.
Read definition02A public-power decision or conduct that may be reviewable under administrative-law rules.
Read definition03An appeal, objection, review, complaint, or other process inside the decision-making system that may need to be used before going to court.
Read definition04A court process used to ask a court to review the lawfulness, fairness, or rationality of certain decisions.
Read definition05The constitutional and administrative-law standard that administrative decisions should be lawful, reasonable, and procedurally fair.
Read definition06A constitutional review route used to test whether public power was exercised lawfully, rationally, and within legal authority.
Read definition07The fairness of the process followed before or during an administrative decision.
Read definition08A written explanation of why an administrative decision was made.
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