80Appeals, commencing etc.

##### 80. Appeals, commencing etc. (1) Notice of every appeal to the Appeal Board shall be lodged with the Authority within 14 days of the date of the decision appealed against, and the appeal shall be heard by the Appeal Board within 30 days from the date of lodging of the notice or within such extended period as is agreed in writing by the Authority and the industrial union or, if there is no such union, the appellant personally. (2) Where the industrial union fails to make an appointment by the time prescribed by section 78(1)(c)(ii) and the appellant fails to make an appointment pursuant to that subparagraph prior to the day immediately preceding the date fixed for the hearing of the appeal, the appeal shall be deemed to have lapsed and the decision appealed against shall have full force and effect. (3) Where, for reasons not related to the appointment of a member by the industrial union or the appellant, the hearing of the appeal is not commenced within 30 days from the lodging of the notice of appeal or within such extended period as is agreed, the punishment appealed against shall be revoked, and the appellant shall be reimbursed any loss of salary or expenses incurred. (4) If the hearing of the appeal is commenced within such 30 days or within such extended period as is agreed the Appeal Board may allow any adjournment. [Section 80 amended: No. 56 of 1926 s. 5; No. 27 of 1976 s. 5; No. 77 of 1980 s. 12; No. 31 of 2003 s. 139(1); No. 19 of 2010 s. 60(4).]