15Appeals from Registrar

15 Appeals from Registrar

(1) An appeal from a Registrar under section 147 of the Act must be instituted by lodging with a Registrar a notice of appeal in accordance with Form R3.

(2) An appeal must be made within 21 days after the date of the decision or act appealed against, or of the Registrar’s refusal or failure to make a decision or do any act arising under the Act.

(3) If an applicant seeks a stay of the whole or part of the decision or act concerned pending the determination of the appeal, the notice of appeal must include an application to that effect.

(4) On lodging a notice of appeal, the applicant must, as soon as practicable, serve a copy of the notice on the other parties, and any intervener, in the proceedings from which the appeal is brought.

(5) On the Commission fixing a time and place for the hearing of the appeal, a Registrar must give notice of the time and place so fixed:

(a) to the applicant; and

(b) as the presiding member directs, to the other parties, and any intervener, who appeared in the proceedings from which the appeal is brought; and

(c) to such other persons, if the Commission so directs.

(6) The Registrar against whose decision the appeal is made may, if the Commission thinks fit, be heard on the hearing of the appeal.