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#### 266 Definitions
266 Definitions
(cf Gen Act, ss 241(1)(a) and 242(1)(a)–(c)); Gen Reg, cll 15(1) and (5), 18(1) and 22(1))
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> > appealable decision, in relation to a person, means any of the following decisions—
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> > > (a) a decision of the Commissioner of Police under section 115 refusing to grant the person an approval under that section or imposing any condition on any such approval,
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> > > (b) a decision of a police officer to give the person an immediate licence suspension notice,
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> > > (c) a decision of Transport for NSW not to grant the person an application for the issue, variation or renewal of a driver licence under the statutory rules (other than a decision to refuse the person a driver licence on the ground that the person, if already licensed, would be liable to have action taken against the person under section 36(4)),
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> > > (d) a decision of Transport for NSW to give the person a notice of licence suspension or cancellation under section 40(1) or a notice of licence ineligibility under section 41(1),
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> > > (e) a decision of Transport for NSW to suspend or cancel the person’s driver licence under section 59,
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> > > (f) a decision of Transport for NSW to refuse to grant or renew the registration of a registrable vehicle of the person,
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> > > (g) a decision of Transport for NSW to vary the conditions of the registration of a registrable vehicle under Chapter 4 or the statutory rules,
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> > > (h) a decision of Transport for NSW to suspend the registration of a registrable vehicle of the person under Chapter 4 or the statutory rules,
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> > > (i) a decision of Transport for NSW to cancel the registration of a registrable vehicle under this Act or the statutory rules,
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> > > (j) a decision of Transport for NSW not to issue an authorisation to repair under section 86(5),
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> > > (k) a decision of Transport for NSW to suspend the registration of, or to crash test, a registrable vehicle under Part 7.6,
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> > > (l) any other decision under the road transport legislation made in relation to the person, or a vehicle of the person, that belongs to a class of decisions prescribed by the statutory rules for the purposes of this definition.
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> > original application means any of the following—
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> > > (a) an application to the Local Court for an order under section 79 declaring a vehicle seized under that section to be forfeited to the Crown,
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> > > (b) an application to the Local Court for an order of the kind referred to in section 249 for the release of an impounded vehicle or confiscated number-plates,
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> > > (c) any other application to the Local Court for an order of a kind prescribed by the statutory rules.
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> > (2) A vehicle is the vehicle of a person for the purposes of the definition of appealable decision in subsection (1) if the person is the registered operator or the owner of the vehicle.
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> > (3) The definition of appealable decision in subsection (1) does not include any of the following—
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> > > (a) the suspension or cancellation of the registration of a vehicle, or the refusal to exercise a function, under Part 4 of the [Fines Act 1996](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1996-099),
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> > > (b) such classes of decisions as may be excluded from the definition by the statutory rules.
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> > (4) Any statutory rules referred to in subsection (3)(b) that prescribe a class of decisions may limit the class of persons for whom a decision referred to in the subsection is an appealable decision for the purposes of this Part.