Ministerial acts taken to implement a court order, such as the reissue of warrants of commitment on remittal, do not constitute reviewable decisions amenable to certiorari, because the relevant legal rights are determined by the underlying court order, not by the steps taken to give effect to it. However, s 69C of the Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW) is engaged by such proceedings because the operation of the stay turns on the nature of the application, not its outcome.
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