FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1991 - SECT 150 Powers in relation to decisions under review

FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1991 - SECT 150

  (1)   The Panel may, for the purposes of reviewing a decision, exercise all the powers and discretions that are conferred by this Act on the person or persons who made the decision.

  (2)   The Panel may:

  (a)   affirm the decision; or

  (b)   vary the decision; or

  (c)   set the decision aside and substitute a new decision.

  (3)   If the Panel:

  (a)   varies the decision; or

  (b)   sets aside the decision and substitutes a new decision;

the decision as varied or substituted is (except for the purposes of applications to the Panel for review or of appeals from decisions of the Panel) taken to be a decision of AFMA or the Joint Authority, as the case may be.

  (4)   A decision made by the Panel takes effect when the applicant is notified of the decision under subsection   160(2).