New South Wales Consolidated Acts

AGRICULTURAL LIVESTOCK (DISEASE CONTROL FUNDING) ACT 1998 - SECT 25A

25A Review of transaction based contribution funding decisions

(1) A person from whom a transaction based contribution to an industry fund has been or may be collected under this Act may apply to the Administrative Decisions Tribunal for a review of any of the following decisions of the Director-General or the fund administrator for the fund with respect to the contribution:

(a) a decision that the contribution is to be collected from the person,

(b) a decision as to the amount of the contribution that is to be collected from the person,

(c) a decision not to make a refund to the person under section 12E,

(d) a decision that the person is not entitled to receive a service under the designated disease control program.

(2) If a collection agent for the relevant transaction based contribution scheme makes a decision of the kind referred to in subsection (1) (a) or (b), the Director-General is taken to have made that decision for the purposes of an application under subsection (1).

(3) If a fund administrator for an industry fund has not determined an application for a refund of a transaction based contribution to the fund within 28 days after the application is made, the fund administrator is taken to have refused to make the refund for the purposes of an application to the Tribunal under subsection (1).