101AReview by Chief Investigator, Transport Safety

101A Review by Chief Investigator, Transport Safety

(1) An eligible person may apply to the Chief Investigator, Transport Safety for a review of a reviewable decision made under section 49ZE.

(2) The Chief Investigator may appoint a person to review decisions on application under subsection (1) (who must not be the person who made the decision the subject of the review).

(3) An application under subsection (1) must be made—

(a) within 28 days after the decision was made; and

(b) in the form approved (in writing) by the Chief Investigator.

(4) If an application is made to the Chief Investigator in accordance with this section, the Chief Investigator may make a decision—

(a) to affirm or vary the reviewable decision; or

(b) to set aside the reviewable decision and substitute another decision that the Chief Investigator considers appropriate.

(5) An application under this section does not affect the operation of the reviewable decision or prevent the taking of any action to implement it unless the Chief Investigator, on the Chief Investigator's own initiative or on the application of the applicant for review, stays the operation of the decision pending the determination of the review.

(6) The Chief Investigator must make a decision on an application for a stay by the end of the next business day following the day on which the application is made.

(7) If the Chief Investigator has not made a decision in accordance with subsection (5), the Chief Investigator is taken to have made a decision to grant a stay.

(8) The Chief Investigator may attach any conditions to a stay of the operation of a reviewable decision that the Chief Investigator considers appropriate.

S. 101B inserted by No. 25/2025 s. 73.