New Zealand Acts

DOG CONTROL ACT 1996 - SECT 27

27 Appeal to District Court

1 Any person who has lodged an objection under section 26 and is dissatisfied with the decision of the territorial authority may, within 14 days of the date on which notice of that decision is, under section 26(4), given to that person, appeal to the District Court against that decision.

2 The District Court, in hearing the appeal, shall consider the matters specified in section 26(3) and any submission by the territorial authority in support of its decision, and may uphold the determination, bring forward the date of termination, or immediately terminate the disqualification.

History: Section 27(1): amended, on 1 March 2017, by section 261 of the District Court Act 2016 (2016 No 49).