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FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1991 - SECT 163C Replacing an electronic decision

FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1991 - SECT 163C

Replacing an electronic decision

  (1)   This section applies if AFMA is satisfied that an electronic decision that was made by a computer program was made at a time when the computer program was not functioning correctly.

  (2)   A computer program is not functioning correctly if the electronic decision that was made by the computer program is not the same as the decision that AFMA would have made if an employee of AFMA had made the decision.

Example:   A computer program may not be functioning correctly because of a computer virus or because of a typographical error that was made when data was entered into the computer.

  (3)   AFMA may revoke the electronic decision and replace it with the decision that AFMA would have made if an employee of AFMA had made the decision.

  (4)   AFMA may do so:

  (a)   on its own initiative; or

  (b)   on the written application of the applicant who had sought the electronic decision.

  (5)   If AFMA revokes an electronic decision after AFMA has notified the applicant about the electronic decision, AFMA must, as soon as practicable after revoking the electronic decision, give to the applicant a written notice that states:

  (a)   that the electronic decision has been revoked; and

  (b)   the reasons for revoking the electronic decision; and

  (c)   the new decision.