189Review of certain decisions

#### 189 Review of certain decisions Request for review (1) A person who is affected by a reviewable decision of the Regulator may, if dissatisfied with the decision, request the Regulator to reconsider the decision. How request must be made (2) The request must be made by written notice given to the Regulator within the period of 21 days after the day on which the person first receives notice of the decision, or within such further period as the Regulator allows. Request must set out reasons (3) The request must set out the reasons for making the request. Regulator to reconsider decision (4) Upon receipt of the request, the Regulator must reconsider the decision and may, subject to subsection (5), confirm or revoke the decision or vary the decision in such manner as the Regulator thinks fit. Deemed confirmation of decision if delay (5) If the Regulator does not confirm, revoke or vary a decision before the end of the period of 60 days after the day on which the Regulator received the request under subsection (1) to reconsider the decision, the Regulator is taken, at the end of that period, to have confirmed the decision under subsection (4). Notice of Regulator’s action (6) If the Regulator confirms, revokes or varies a decision before the end of the period referred to in subsection (5), the Regulator must give written notice to the person telling the person: (a) the result of the reconsideration of the decision; and (b) the reasons for confirming, varying or revoking the decision, as the case may be. ART review of Regulator’s decisions (7) Applications may be made to the Administrative Review Tribunal for review of decisions of the Regulator that have been confirmed or varied under subsection (4). Continued operation of decision despite request for review (9) If a request is made under subsection (1) in respect of a reviewable decision, section 32 (reviewable decision continues to operate unless Tribunal orders otherwise) of the Administrative Review Tribunal Act 2024 applies as if the making of the request to the Regulator were the making of an application to the Tribunal for a review of that decision. (10) An order must not be made under subsection 32(2) of the Administrative Review Tribunal Act 2024 in respect of a reviewable decision except by the Administrative Review Tribunal.