22DReview of decision to cancel registration

22D Review of decision to cancel registration (1) This regulation provides for the review of a decision of the Registrar to cancel the registration of a ship in the International Register for subsection 78A (2) of the Act. (2) The ship’s owner, or the person in whose name the ship is registered, may apply to the CEO of the Authority to review the Registrar’s decision to cancel the registration of the ship. (3) The application must be made within: (a) 28 days after the applicant is informed of the Registrar’s decision; or (b) if, either before or after the end of that period of 28 days, the CEO extends the period within which the application may be made—the extended period. (4) The application must: (a) be in a form approved in writing by the CEO; and (b) set out the reasons for the application; and (c) contain enough information to enable the CEO to decide the application. (5) On receiving an application, the CEO must: (a) review the Registrar’s decision; and (b) decide to affirm, vary or revoke the decision. (6) Any person who assisted the Registrar in making the Registrar’s decision, must not assist the CEO in reviewing the decision. (7) The CEO must, within 28 days after receiving the application, give the applicant a written notice that states: (a) the CEO’s decision; and (b) the CEO’s reason for the decision. (8) If the CEO does not give the written notice to the applicant within 28 days after receiving the application, the CEO is taken to have made a decision that affirms the Registrar’s decision. (9) The CEO’s decision has effect as if it had been made under by the Registrar under subsection 33B (3) of the Act. (10) In this regulation: > CEO, of the Authority, means the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority established under the Australian Maritime Safety Authority Act 1990.