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Passenger Transport Act 1994
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Division 6—Appeals
38—Appeals
(1) A person—
(a) whose application for accreditation under this Part has been refused; or
(b) who is an accredited person and is aggrieved by a decision under this Part with respect to—
(i) the conditions imposed with respect to the accreditation, or a variation or proposed variation of them; or
(ii) the variation of the accreditation; or
(c) who is (or has been) an accredited person and is aggrieved by a decision of the Standards Committee under Division 5,
may appeal to the District Court.
(2) A right of appeal does not lie against a decision to suspend or revoke a temporary accreditation.
(4) An appeal must be instituted within one month of the making of the decision appealed against.
(5) The Minister or the Standards Committee must, if so required by a person affected by a decision made by the Minister or the Standards Committee (as the case may be), state in writing the reasons for the decision.
(6) If reasons are not given in writing at the time of making a decision and the person affected by the decision requires (within one month of the making of the decision) the Minister or the Standards Committee (as the case requires) to state the reasons in writing, the time for instituting an appeal runs from the time at which the person receives the written statement of those reasons.