Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW)
163ARight of review [NSW]
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163A Right of review [NSW]
163A Right of review [NSW]
(1) A person may apply to the appropriate review body for a review of—
(a) a prohibition order made in relation to the person; or
(b) a relevant order made in relation to the person.
(2) A person may also apply to the appropriate review body for a review of an order made under this Division.
(3) An application for review of an order may not be made—
(a) while the terms of the order provide that an application for review may not be made; or
(b) while an appeal to the Tribunal or the Supreme Court in respect of the same matter is pending.
(4) In this section—
decision-making entity means the following—
(a) a Committee;
(b) a Performance Review Panel;
(b1) a Council, but only in relation to orders made under this Division, Subdivision 5 of Division 3 or section 155C (1) (f);
(c) an existing health practitioner tribunal (within the meaning of Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013) or the Chairperson or Deputy Chairperson of such a tribunal;
(d) the Tribunal or the Tribunal List Manager;
(e) the Supreme Court;
(f) a review body in New South Wales, when deciding a matter under section 127A.
relevant order, in relation to a person, means any of the following orders made by a decision-making entity—
(a) an order that the person’s registration as a registered health practitioner or student is suspended; or
(b) an order that the person’s registration be cancelled or that the person is disqualified from being registered in a particular health profession; or
(c) an order that conditions be imposed on the person’s registration in a health profession.
s 163A: Am 2012 No 39, Sch 1.1 [13]; 2013 No 95, Sch 6.4 [46] [47]; 2017 No 50, Sch 1 [6]; 2018 No 22, Sch 2 [6].