Queensland Consolidated Acts

FAMILY RESPONSIBILITIES COMMISSION ACT 2008 - SECT 111

111 Starting appeal

(1) An appeal may be started at a Magistrates Court sitting in or near the welfare reform community area in which the person lives or lived.

(2) Subsection (1) does not limit the Magistrates Court at which the appeal may be started under the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999 .

(3) The notice of appeal under the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999 must be filed with the registrar of the court within 28 days after—

(a) if the person is given an appeal notice for the decision—the day the person is given the notice; or

(b) if paragraph (a) does not apply—the day the person otherwise becomes aware of the decision.

(4) The court may, at any time, extend the period for filing the notice of appeal.