New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CHILDREN'S GUARDIAN ACT 2019 - SECT 154

154 Applications to Civil and Administrative Tribunal for administrative review

(1) An application may be made to the Civil and Administrative Tribunal under the Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 for administrative review of the following decisions--

(a) a decision of the Children's Guardian to do or refuse to do the following in relation to accreditation as a designated agency or an accredited adoption service provider--

(i) grant accreditation,

(ii) impose a condition on an accreditation or vary the conditions to which an accreditation is subject,

(iii) transfer an accreditation,

(iv) cancel or shorten the period of an accreditation,

(b) a decision of the Children's Guardian--

(i) to grant an employer's authority, or

(ii) to impose a condition or further conditions on, or to vary or revoke a condition of, an employer's authority, or

(iii) to suspend or revoke an employer's authority,

(c) a decision of the Children's Guardian to declare under section 91(b) that a person is taken to be the employer of a child,

(d) a decision of the Children's Guardian to grant an exemption under section 102, to revoke the exemption or to impose conditions on the exemption,

(e) a decision to refuse to make a decision referred to in paragraphs (a)-(d) that the Children's Guardian is empowered and has been asked to make,

(k) a decision made by the Children's Guardian in relation to an investigation by the Children's Guardian, arising from a reportable allegation or a conviction considered to be a reportable conviction under Part 4, if the investigation has been finalised and a finding under section 49(2) has been made,

(l) a decision of the Children's Guardian belonging to a class of decisions prescribed by the regulations for this section.

(2) The Minister is not to recommend the making of a regulation containing provisions for the purposes of subsection (1)(l) unless the Minister certifies that the Minister administering the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 has agreed to the provisions.

(3) Section 53 of the Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 does not apply to a decision under Part 4 that may be reviewed by the Tribunal.