New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FUNERAL FUNDS ACT 1979 - SECT 75

75 Appeal against refusal to register funeral contribution fund or to approve alteration or addition of rules

(1) Where the Director-General:

(a) refuses to register a company to carry on contributory funeral benefit business under section 14 or a person to carry on contributory funeral benefit business under section 16B, or

(b) refuses to approve an alteration of or addition to the rules of a funeral contribution fund under section 15, or

(c) refuses under section 16C (5) to exempt a person registered under that section from complying with a provision of this Act or the regulations,

an appeal against that refusal may be made to the Supreme Court by the company or fund concerned.

(2) On hearing an appeal under subsection (1) the Supreme Court may make an order:

(a) confirming the refusal of the Director-General, or

(b) directing the Director-General to register the person, approve the alteration of or the addition to the rules of the fund or exempt the person from the provision of this Act or the regulations, as the case may be.