Electoral Act 2004
231Decision on appeal
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231 Decision on appeal (1) In deciding the appeal, the Supreme Court may: (a) confirm or vary the appealable decision; or (b) set the decision aside and substitute its own decision; or (c) set the decision aside and remit the matter to the Commission with the directions it considers appropriate. (2) For subsection (1), the Court may make the orders and give the directions it considers appropriate. (3) If the Court varies the appealable decision or substitutes its own decision for the appealable decision, the varied or substituted decision is, for this Act (other than this Part), taken to be the Commission's decision.
Electoral Act 2004 133 Part 12 Court of disputed returns, disputed elections and references by Legislative Assembly Division 1 Court of Disputed Returns 232 Establishment The Court of Disputed Returns is established. 233 Constitution The Court of Disputed Returns is constituted by a Supreme Court Judge.