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DENTAL PRACTITIONERS REGISTRATION ACT 2001 - SECT 249

249 Appeals

(1) Subsection (2) applies if--

(a) a person has appealed to the District Court under repealed section 29 before the commencement against a decision of the former board; and
(b) the appeal has not been decided before the commencement.

(2) The District Court may hear, or continue to hear, and decide the appeal under the repealed Act as if this Act had not commenced.

(3) Subsection (4) applies if--

(a) immediately before the commencement a person could have appealed to the District Court under the repealed section 29 against a decision of the former board; and
(b) the person has not appealed before the commencement.

(4) The person may appeal, and the District Court may hear and decide the appeal, under the repealed Act as if this Act had not commenced.

(5) For giving effect to its decision under subsection (2) or (4), the District Court may make the orders it considers necessary having regard to the provisions of this Act.

Example for subsection (5)--
On an appeal by a person against a decision of the former board to refuse to register the person as a dentist under the repealed Act, the District Court may order that the board register the person under this Act.

(6) In this section--

repealed section 29 means section 29 of the repealed Act.



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