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##### 83. Appeal Board’s powers
(1) The Appeal Board may confirm, modify, or reverse any decision appealed against, or make such other order thereon as they think fit, and the decision of the Appeal Board shall be final.
(2) The Appeal Board may fix the costs of any appeal, and direct by whom and in what proportions they shall be payable, and in every case costs shall be awarded against an appellant whose appeal is considered frivolous.
(3) All costs awarded against an appellant shall be recoverable as a debt due to the Crown.
(4) All costs awarded to an appellant shall be payable by the Authority.
[Section 83 amended: No. 78 of 1948 s. 6; No. 31 of 2003 s. 139(1); No. 19 of 2010 s. 60(4).]