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This law was first created in 1975. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 503 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1975 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2001, chapter 844<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":75768,"section_number":"2.2-4027","catch_line":"Issues on review","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4027\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":75768,"section_number":"2.2-4027","catch_line":"Issues on review","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4027\/"}],"permalink":{"id":176913,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77109,"identifier":"2.2-4029","token":"2.2\/II\/B\/40\/5\/2.2-4029","url":"\/2.2-4029\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-4029\/","token":"2.2\/II\/B\/40\/5\/2.2-4029","dublin_core":{"Title":"Court judgments","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-4029","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Unless an error of law as defined in \u00a7 2.2-4027<\/a> appears, the court<\/span> shall dismiss the review action or affirm<\/span> the agency regulation<\/span> or decision. Otherwise, it may compel agency action<\/span> unlawfully and arbitrarily withheld or unreasonably delayed except that the court<\/span> shall not itself undertake to supply agency action<\/span> committed by the basic law<\/span> to the agency. Where a regulation<\/span> or case decision<\/span> is found by the court<\/span> not to be in accordance with law under \u00a7 2.2-4027<\/a>, the court<\/span> shall suspend or set it aside and remand<\/span> the matter to the agency for further proceedings, if any, as the court<\/span> may permit or direct in accordance with law.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOURT JUDGMENTS (\u00a7 2.2-4029)\n\nUnless an error of law as defined in \u00a7 2.2-4027 appears, the court shall\ndismiss the review action or affirm the agency regulation or decision.\nOtherwise, it may compel agency action unlawfully and arbitrarily withheld or\nunreasonably delayed except that the court shall not itself undertake to supply\nagency action committed by the basic law to the agency. Where a regulation or\ncase decision is found by the court not to be in accordance with law under \u00a7\n2.2-4027, the court shall suspend or set it aside and remand the matter to the\nagency for further proceedings, if any, as the court may permit or direct in\naccordance with law.\n\nHISTORY: 1975, c. 503, \u00a7 9-6.14:19; 2001, c. 844.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}