Fisheries Management Act 1991
150Powers in relation to decisions under review
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150 Powers in relation to decisions under review
(1) The Panel may, for the purposes of reviewing a decision, exercise all the powers and discretions that are conferred by this Act on the person or persons who made the decision. (2) The Panel may: (a) affirm the decision; or (b) vary the decision; or (c) set the decision aside and substitute a new decision. (3) If the Panel: (a) varies the decision; or (b) sets aside the decision and substitutes a new decision; the decision as varied or substituted is (except for the purposes of applications to the Panel for review or of appeals from decisions of the Panel) taken to be a decision of AFMA or the Joint Authority, as the case may be. (4) A decision made by the Panel takes effect when the applicant is notified of the decision under subsection 160(2).