Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

ANIMAL WELFARE ACT - SECT 55

(1) A person aggrieved by a decision of an ethics committee -

(a) to vary, cancel or suspend a permit; or

(b) refusing to grant, renew or vary a permit,

may appeal to the Authority against the decision.

(2) In determining the appeal, the Authority may make the determination it considers appropriate, including any of the following:

(a) affirming, varying or setting aside the decision of the ethics committee;

(b) substituting its own decision for that of the ethics committee.