Northern Territory Numbered Acts

LIVESTOCK AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2024 (NO 7 OF 2024) - SECT 28

Sections 124 and 125

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124     Internal review by Chief Executive Officer

    (1)     Within 14 days after an application under section 123(1) for internal review is received, the Chief Executive Officer may decide:

    (a)     to confirm the reviewable decision; or

    (b)     to vary the reviewable decision; or

    (c)     to set aside the reviewable decision and substitute the Chief Executive Officer's own decision.

    (2)     The Chief Executive Officer must give the applicant written notice of the Chief Executive Officer's decision under subsection (1).

    (3)     The notice under subsection (2) must include a statement:

    (a)     of the Chief Executive Officer's reasons for the decision; and

    (b)     that the applicant has a right to apply to NTCAT under section 125(3) for review of the decision.

125     Review by NTCAT

    (1)     NTCAT has jurisdiction to review a decision of the Chief Executive Officer on an internal review under section 124 (an internal review decision ).

    (2)     An "affected person", for an internal review decision, is the person who made the application for internal review under section 123(1).

    (3)     An affected person for an internal review decision may apply to NTCAT for review of the decision.

Note for section 125

The Northern Territory Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2014 sets out the procedure for applying to NTCAT for review and other relevant matters in relation to reviews.