MERIBA OMASKER KAZIW KAZIPA (TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER TRADITIONAL CHILD REARING PRACTICE) ACT 2020 - SECT 19 Effect of disclosure notice

MERIBA OMASKER KAZIW KAZIPA (TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER TRADITIONAL CHILD REARING PRACTICE) ACT 2020 - SECT 19

19 Effect of disclosure notice

(1) As soon as practicable after the Minister receives a disclosure notice, the Minister must appoint a person (the
"appointed person" ), other than the commissioner, to decide the application.

(2) The Minister may appoint a person as an appointed person if the Minister is satisfied the person is appropriately qualified.

(3) The appointed person must—

(a) consider and decide the application under part 5 as if the appointed person had the powers and functions of the commissioner; and

(b) give a statement of reasons for the decision to—

(i) each party to the application; and

(ii) the commissioner.

(4) The appointed person’s decision—

(a) is taken to be a decision of the commissioner; and

(b) takes effect as if the decision were the commissioner’s decision.