70Rights of appeal

### 70 Rights of appeal > *\[Section 70 Substituted by No. 59 of 1992, s. 47 \]* > > > (1)  *\[Section 70 Subsection (1) amended by No. 90 of 1994, s. 30 \]*[*\[Section 70 Subsection (1) substituted by No. 18 of 1997, s. 36, Applied:28 Jun 1997\]*](/view/html/inforce/1997-06-28/act-1997-018#GS36@EN) An appeal may be made to the Full Bench against – > > > > > > (a) a decision of a Commissioner to make, vary or rescind an award, or refuse to make, vary or rescind an award, by – > > > > > > > > > > (i) an organisation which appeared at the hearing; or > > > > > > > > > > > (ii) an organisation granted, or deemed under [Part V](#HPV@EN) to have, an interest in the award; or > > > > > > > > > > > (iii) the Minister; and > > > > > > > (b) [*\[Section 70 Subsection (1) amended by No. 104 of 2000, s. 25, Applied:01 Jan 2001\]*](/view/html/inforce/2001-01-01/act-2000-104#GS25@Hpa@EN) [*\[Section 70 Subsection (1) amended by No. 25 of 2007, s. 10, Applied:01 Aug 2007\]*](/view/html/inforce/2007-08-01/act-2007-025#GS10@EN) an order made by a Commissioner under [section 31(1)](#GS31@Gs1@EN) after a hearing relating to an industrial dispute in respect of the mode, terms or conditions of employment or any termination of employment, including termination resulting from redundancy, or long service leave, or breach of an award or a registered agreement by – > > > > > > > > > > (i) the party who applied for the hearing; or > > > > > > > > > > > (ii) the party to whom the order relates; or > > > > > > > > > > > (iii) the Minister; and > > > > > > > (ba) [*\[Section 70 Subsection (1) amended by No. 2 of 2022, Sched. 1, Applied:18 Mar 2022\]*](/view/html/inforce/2022-03-18/act-2022-002#JS1@Ja12@GC1@EN) a decision made by the Commission to dismiss, or refrain from further hearing, a matter, or part of a matter, under [section 21(2)(c)](#GS21@Gs2@Hpc@EN) by the party who applied for the hearing; and > > > > > > > (c) [*\[Section 70 Subsection (1) amended by No. 104 of 2000, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jan 2001\]*](/view/html/inforce/2001-01-01/act-2000-104#JS1@JT@tr@oc5@EN) a decision made by a Commissioner or the Registrar under [section 43](#GS43@EN) , [55](#GS55@EN) , [59](#GS59@EN) , [61J](#GS61J@EN) , [61R](#GS61R@EN) , [61S](#GS61S@EN) ,  [63(10)](#GS63@Gs10@EN) , [65A](#GS65A@EN) ,  [67(4)](#GS67@Gs4@EN) , [67A](#GS67A@EN) or  [75(7E)](#GS75@Gs7E@EN) by – > > > > > > > > > > (i) any party who appeared at the hearing to which the decision relates; or > > > > > > > > > > > (ii) any organisation granted, or deemed under [Part V](#HPV@EN) to have, an interest in the award to which the decision relates; or > > > > > > > > > > > (iii) the Minister. > > > (1A)  [*\[Section 70 Subsection (1A) inserted by No. 104 of 2000, s. 25, Applied:01 Jan 2001\]*](/view/html/inforce/2001-01-01/act-2000-104#GS25@Hpb@EN) A Full Bench is not to uphold an appeal under [subsection (1)](#GS70@Gs1@EN) unless in its opinion – > > > > > > (a) the Commissioner against whose decision the appeal is made, in reaching that decision – > > > > > > > > > > (i) made a legal error; or > > > > > > > > > > > (ii) acted on a wrong principle; or > > > > > > > > > > > (iii) gave weight to an irrelevant matter; or > > > > > > > > > > > (iv) gave insufficient weight to a relevant matter; or > > > > > > > > > > > (v) made a mistake as to the facts; or > > > > > > > (b) the decision was plainly unreasonable or unjust. > > > (2)  [*\[Section 70 Subsection (2) amended by No. 104 of 2000, s. 25, Applied:01 Jan 2001\]*](/view/html/inforce/2001-01-01/act-2000-104#GS25@Hpc@EN) *\[Section 70 Subsection (2) amended by No. 90 of 1994, s. 30 \]*The Full Bench hearing an appeal under [subsection (1)](#GS70@Gs1@EN) is not to include the Commissioner who made the decision to which the appeal relates. > > > (3)  *\[Section 70 Subsection (3) omitted by No. 90 of 1994, s. 30 \]*.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .