Arms Act 1983

Miscellaneous provisions - Appeals

62A: How review to be conducted

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"How to Check a Decision Again"

When you appeal a decision, the Commissioner must ask someone else to review it. This person reviews the decision on the papers within 28 days of your application. The Commissioner then tells you the reviewer's decision in writing or electronically. You get a notice with the reviewer's decision, which takes effect as stated. The original decision stays in place until you are told about the reviewer's decision. The Commissioner does this by delegating the review under section 72 and following section 62. The reviewer's decision is final and you are notified of it in writing or electronically.

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62: Right of review of official decisions, or

"Challenging a firearms licence decision"

62B: Right of appeal to District Court, or

"Appealing a firearms licence decision to a District Court"

Part 9Miscellaneous provisions
Appeals

62AHow review to be conducted

The Commissioner must delegate under section 72 the responsibility for reviewing a decision to which section 62 applies to 1 or more persons other than the person who made the original decision.
The reviewer must review the decision on the papers within 28 days after the date on which the application for review was lodged.
The Commissioner must give the applicant a written or an electronic notice of the reviewer’s decision, and that decision has effect according to its terms.
The original decision remains in force until the reviewer’s decision is notified to the applicant.

Notes

Section 62A: inserted, on 24 December 2020, by section 90 of the Arms Legislation Act 2020 (2020 No 23).