Queensland Consolidated Acts

JUDICIAL REVIEW ACT 1991 - SECT 20

20 Application for review of decision

(1) A person who is aggrieved by a decision to which this Act applies may apply to the court for a statutory order of review in relation to the decision.

(2) The application may be made on any 1 or more of the following grounds—

(a) that a breach of the rules of natural justice happened in relation to the making of the decision;

(b) that procedures that were required by law to be observed in relation to the making of the decision were not observed;

(c) that the person who purported to make the decision did not have jurisdiction to make the decision;

(d) that the decision was not authorised by the enactment under which it was purported to be made;

(e) that the making of the decision was an improper exercise of the power conferred by the enactment under which it was purported to be made;

(f) that the decision involved an error of law (whether or not the error appears on the record of the decision);

(g) that the decision was induced or affected by fraud;

(h) that there was no evidence or other material to justify the making of the decision;

(i) that the decision was otherwise contrary to law.

(3) This section applies only to a decision made after the commencement of this Act.