Western Australian Numbered Acts

GENE TECHNOLOGY ACT 2006 (NO. 20 OF 2006) - SECT 19

19 .         Review of certain decisions

        (1)         Application may be made to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for review of a reviewable decision.

        (2)         A decision made by the Regulator in the performance of a function or the exercise of a power conferred by this Act is a "reviewable decision” for the purposes of this section if —

            (a)         this Act provides for review by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal; and

            (b)         the decision is declared by the regulations made under the Commonwealth Act to be a reviewable State decision for the purposes of section 19 of the Commonwealth Act.

        (3)         The Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 of the Commonwealth (excluding Part IVA) and the regulations in force for the time being under that Act apply as laws of Western Australia in relation to reviewable decisions.

        (4)         For the purposes of this section, a reference in a provision of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 of the Commonwealth (as that provision applies as a law of Western Australia) to the whole or any part of Part IVA of that Act is taken to be a reference to the whole or any part of that Part as it has effect as a law of the Commonwealth.

        Note: This section differs from section 19 of the Commonwealth Act.