(1) An eligible applicant may apply to VCAT for review of the following decisions of the Authority within 28 days of being notified of the decision—
(a) a decision to grant a licence under section 24;
(b) a decision to refuse to grant a licence under section 24 ;
(c) a decision to renew a licence under section 29;
(d) a decision to refuse to renew a licence under section 29 ;
(e) a decision to impose a condition on a licence under section 33 ;
(f) a decision to issue a notice to comply under section 37 ;
(g) a decision to vary a licence
under
section 38;
(h) a decision to suspend a licence under section 39;
(i) a decision to cancel a licence under section 40.
(2) In this section—
"eligible applicant" means—
(a) in the case of a decision relating to an application for a licence or renewal of a licence, the applicant for the licence or renewal of the licence or an interested person who made an objection to the application; and
(b) in the case of any other decision relating to a licence, the holder of the licence.
(3) For the purposes of section 59(1)(b)(iv) of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998 , if an application is made for review of a decision referred to in subsection (1), the person who is the subject of the decision is a party to a proceeding for review of the decision, whether or not the person was the applicant for the review.
(4) To avoid doubt, sections 4 and 5 of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998 apply for the purposes of this Act.
Note
Under section 4 of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998 , a person makes a decision if the person refuses to make a decision or an instrument, imposes a condition or restriction or does or refuses to do any other act or thing. Section 5 of that Act sets out when a person's interests are affected by a decision.
Division 2—Secrecy provision