Queensland Consolidated Regulations

NATURE CONSERVATION (ANIMALS) REGULATION 2020 - REG 406

406 Undecided applications or entitlements for internal or external review

(1) This section applies if—

(a) before the commencement—

(i) a person made an application (the
"existing application" ) for an internal or external review, under a repealed provision, of a reviewable decision related to an animal or a wildlife authority granted before the commencement; and

(ii) a person was entitled to apply for a review mentioned in subparagraph (i) (the
"existing entitlement" ); and

(b) immediately before the commencement—

(i) the existing application had not been decided; or

(ii) the period in which the person was entitled to apply for the review had not ended.

(2) Chapter 11, part 1 applies in relation to the person as if—

(a) the reviewable decision—

(i) were an original decision or internal review decision within the meaning of section 377; and

(ii) had been made under the corresponding provision for the repealed provision under which the reviewable decision was made; and

(b) for an existing application—the application had been made under that part; and

(c) for an existing entitlement—the person is entitled to apply for a review of the same kind under that part.

(3) If a stay of the reviewable decision was granted under a repealed provision, the stay is taken to continue in force under the corresponding provision for the repealed provision.

(4) In this section—

"reviewable decision" has the meaning given under the repealed administration regulation.