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Animal Welfare Act 1999

Provisions relating to administration - Compliance notices

156G: Appeal to High Court, Court of Appeal, or Supreme Court

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"You can appeal to a higher court if you think a decision about animal welfare is wrong."

If you are involved in an appeal about an animal welfare compliance notice, you can appeal to the High Court if you think the decision was wrong because of a law problem. You appeal under section 156F. The High Court Rules 2016 and some parts of the District Court Act 2016 apply to this appeal.

You can appeal to the Court of Appeal or the Supreme Court if you think the High Court's decision was wrong because of a law problem, but you need to get permission from the court you are appealing to, and you must follow section 75 of the Senior Courts Act 2016.

The Court of Appeal or the Supreme Court has the same power to make a decision on your appeal as the High Court did.

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Part 7Provisions relating to administration
Compliance notices

156GAppeal to High Court, Court of Appeal, or Supreme Court

  1. A party to an appeal under section 156F may appeal to the High Court on a question of law.

  2. The High Court Rules 2016 and sections 126 to 130 of the District Court Act 2016 apply to an appeal under subsection (1)—

  3. as if it were an appeal under section 124 of the District Court Act 2016; and
    1. with all necessary modifications.

      1. A party to an appeal under subsection (1) may appeal to the Court of Appeal or the Supreme Court against a determination of the High Court on a question of law, with the leave of the court appealed to, and subject to section 75 of the Senior Courts Act 2016.

      2. The Court of Appeal or the Supreme Court hearing an appeal under this section has the same power to adjudicate on the appeal as the High Court had.

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      • Section 156G: inserted, on , by section 55 of the Animal Welfare Amendment Act (No 2) 2015 (2015 No 49).
      • Section 156G(2): amended, on , by section 261 of the District Court Act 2016 (2016 No 49).
      • Section 156G(2): amended, on , by section 183(c) of the Senior Courts Act 2016 (2016 No 48).
      • Section 156G(2)(a): amended, on , by section 261 of the District Court Act 2016 (2016 No 49).
      • Section 156G(3): amended, on , by section 183(b) of the Senior Courts Act 2016 (2016 No 48).