Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A person aggrieved by--
(a) a refusal by the board, on any ground other than that the person does not possess the necessary academic qualifications, of the person's application to be registered as a veterinary surgeon; or
(b) an order or decision of the tribunal made in respect of the person under section 22C(3), 22D(6) or 22E(1);
may appeal therefrom to a judge of the District Court at Brisbane who shall have jurisdiction to hear and decide the appeal and whose decision thereon shall be final and be given effect to by the board.
(2) An appeal shall be by way of rehearing and shall be instituted within 30 days after notification of the refusal, order or decision to the person aggrieved and no later, by filing a notice of appeal in the registry of the District Court at Brisbane setting out the grounds of appeal.
(3) The procedure for an appeal to the District Court is to be in accordance with--
(a) the rules of court applicable to the appeal; or
(b) in the absence of relevant rules--directions of the court.
(4) Where upon an appeal the judge orders a penalty to be paid by an appellant the judge shall order the penalty to be paid to the board and, for the purposes of its enforcement, the order shall be deemed to be an order made by the tribunal.
(5) The judge may make such order as to costs (including the costs of the proceedings in which the order or decision appealed against was made) to be paid by either party to the appeal as the judge thinks fit.
(6) An order for costs made pursuant to subsection (5) may be enforced in the same manner as a judgment of the District Court.