129Applications for appeals and reviews

129 Applications for appeals and reviews

129 Applications for appeals and reviews

(1) This rule applies to the following applications—

(a) an appeal against a medical assessment under section 327 of the 1998 Act,

(b) an application to refer a medical assessment to a review panel under section 63 of the MAC Act,

(c) an application to refer a decision of a single merit reviewer to a review panel under section 7.15 of the MAI Act,

(d) an application to refer a medical assessment to a review panel under section 7.26 of the MAI Act,

(e) an appeal against a medical assessment under the Police Regulation 2025, section 147.

(2) An application is to be made by lodging an application in the approved form.

Note—

Rule 133A makes further provision about the time by which an application referred to in subrule (1)(b)–(d) must be lodged.

(3) The applicant must, within 7 days of lodging the application, serve a sealed copy of the application on the other parties.

(4) The respondent may lodge and serve a sealed copy of the reply in the approved form within—

(a) for an application specified in subrule (1)(a), (b), (d) or (e)—21 days of being served with the application, or

(b) for an application specified in subrule (1)(c)—14 days of being served with the application.

(5) If the President, a merit reviewer or a court refers a medical dispute, which has previously been assessed, for review by a panel under the MAC Act or the MAI Act, both parties are taken to be respondents and may lodge a reply within 21 days of the date on which the referral was made.

rule 129: Am 2022 (170), Sch 1[17]; 2025 (708), Sch 1[26] [27]; 2026 (116), Sch 1.2[9].