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#### 6 Review of certain decisions of Registrar
6.1 Review of certain decisions of Registrar
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> > > (a) a provision of these Rules provides the Registrar may exercise a specified power of the Court, and
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> > > (b) an application is made to the Registrar to exercise the power (a registrar application), and
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> > > (c) the Registrar grants or refuses the application.
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> > (2) The Registrar is to refer a registrar application to the Court for review at the request of a relevant party.
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> > (3) A request to refer a registrar application to the Court for review must be made within 21 days after the Registrar grants or refuses the registrar application, but no later than 7 days before the hearing of the proceedings in which the application is made.
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> > (4) On a review of a registrar application, the Court may—
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> > > (a) confirm the decision of the Registrar to grant or refuse the application, or
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> > > (b) if the Registrar has refused the application—exercise the power sought in the application, or
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> > > (c) if the Registrar has granted the application—
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> > > > (i) set aside the Registrar’s decision, or
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> > > > (ii) set aside the Registrar’s decision and make another decision in substitution for the Registrar’s decision.
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> > (5) The Court may determine a review of a registrar application on the papers.
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> > (6) The power of the Court to conduct a review under this rule is prescribed for the 1912 Act, section 22(1)(l) as a power of the Court that may be exercised by a designated Judge.
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> > (7) In this rule—
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> > relevant party, in relation to a registrar application, means—
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> > > (a) a party to the application, or
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> > > (b) a party to the proceedings in which the application is made.