New South Wales Consolidated Acts

DENTAL TECHNICIANS REGISTRATION ACT 1975 - SECT 21

21 Appeal

(1) A person aggrieved:

(a) by the refusal of the board:

(i) to direct that the person be registered as a dental technician, or

(ii) to direct under section 19 (2) that the person may make an application for registration or under section 19A (3) that the person may make application for a practising certificate, or

(b) by an order of the board under section 19, 19A or 19B,

may appeal to the District Court in accordance with the rules of court.

(2) An appeal under subsection (1) shall be dealt with by way of rehearing.

(3) The District Court, in deciding an appeal referred to in subsection (1), may:

(a) confirm a refusal referred to in subsection (1) (a) or order that the person applying for registration be registered or that the person applying for a practising certificate be granted a practising certificate,

(a1) where:

(i) the practising certificate of a dental prosthetist has been cancelled under section 18E (2) (b) by reason of the dental prosthetist’s ceasing to be a dental technician consequent upon the making of an order under section 19,

(ii) the appeal is against that order, and

(iii) the court, on that appeal, orders that the dental prosthetist be registered as a dental technician,

order that the dental prosthetist’s practising certificate be restored, or

(b) in respect of an appeal against an order referred to in subsection (1) (b) uphold the appeal, confirm the order of the board or substitute for that order any other order that the board might have made.

(4) The decision of the District Court in respect of an appeal referred to in subsection (1) shall be final and conclusive and be given effect to by the board.