Health Practitioners Tribunal Act 2010
17Jurisdiction of Tribunal to hear and decide appeals against decisions under National Law
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17 Jurisdiction of Tribunal to hear and decide appeals against decisions under National Law
(1) A reference in the National Law to an appeal against a decision is, for an appeal in accordance with that Law to the Tribunal, a reference to a review of the decision as provided under this Act.
(2) The jurisdiction, conferred by the National Law on the Tribunal as the responsible tribunal, to hear and decide an appeal against a decision is to be taken to be jurisdiction conferred on the Tribunal to hear and decide under this Act a review of a decision.
(3) The Tribunal may exercise the jurisdiction, conferred by the National Law on the Tribunal as the responsible tribunal, to hear and decide an appeal against a decision if a person has, under section 21(2) , applied to the Tribunal for a review of the decision.
(4) [Section 17 Subsection (4) amended by No. 18 of 2021, s. 191, Applied:05 Nov 2021] In exercising the jurisdiction, conferred by the National Law on the Tribunal as the responsible tribunal, to hear and decide an appeal against a decision, the Tribunal may exercise the powers, and perform the functions, conferred on the Tribunal by this Act, the Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2020 or the National Law.