sec.111Appeals about permit to enter protected area

### sec.111 Appeals about permit to enter protected area This section applies if the chief executive— refuses a person’s application for a permit to enter a protected area; or grants a person’s application for a permit to enter a protected area, subject to conditions; or cancels a person’s permit to enter a protected area. The person may, within 20 business days after receiving the permit or the notice of the chief executive’s refusal or cancellation, appeal the chief executive’s action to the Planning and Environment Court. However, if the appeal is against the cancellation of a permit to enter a protected area, and the cancellation is on the ground that the person has been convicted of an offence against this Act, the appeal may be made within 20 business days after— the day the period for appeals against the conviction ends; or if an appeal is made against the conviction—the day the appeal is ended. Subsection (3) applies only to the extent it provides a later time for making an appeal than subsection (2) provides. The Planning and Environment Court Act 2016 , part 5 , division 1 , with any changes the court considers appropriate, applies to the appeal as if the appeal were a Planning Act appeal under that Act. s 111 ins 2003 No. 32 s 17 amd 2007 No. 50 s 33 ; 2009 No. 36 s 872 sch 2 ; 2016 No. 27 s 383 (sec.111-ssec.1) This section applies if the chief executive— refuses a person’s application for a permit to enter a protected area; or grants a person’s application for a permit to enter a protected area, subject to conditions; or cancels a person’s permit to enter a protected area. (sec.111-ssec.2) The person may, within 20 business days after receiving the permit or the notice of the chief executive’s refusal or cancellation, appeal the chief executive’s action to the Planning and Environment Court. (sec.111-ssec.3) However, if the appeal is against the cancellation of a permit to enter a protected area, and the cancellation is on the ground that the person has been convicted of an offence against this Act, the appeal may be made within 20 business days after— the day the period for appeals against the conviction ends; or if an appeal is made against the conviction—the day the appeal is ended. (sec.111-ssec.4) Subsection (3) applies only to the extent it provides a later time for making an appeal than subsection (2) provides. (sec.111-ssec.5) The Planning and Environment Court Act 2016 , part 5 , division 1 , with any changes the court considers appropriate, applies to the appeal as if the appeal were a Planning Act appeal under that Act. - (a) refuses a person’s application for a permit to enter a protected area; or - (b) grants a person’s application for a permit to enter a protected area, subject to conditions; or - (c) cancels a person’s permit to enter a protected area. - (a) the day the period for appeals against the conviction ends; or - (b) if an appeal is made against the conviction—the day the appeal is ended.