WASTE REDUCTION AND RECYCLING ACT 2011 - SECT 178
Internal review
WASTE REDUCTION AND RECYCLING ACT 2011 - SECT 178
Internal review
178 Internal review
(1) The chief executive or Organisation must, within 20 days after receiving
an internal review application made under section 176 — (a) conduct an
internal review of the decision the subject of the application (the
"original decision" ); and
(b) make a decision (the
"internal review decision" ) to— (i) confirm the original decision; or
(ii)
amend the original decision; or
(iii) substitute another decision for the
original decision.
(2) The application must not be dealt with by— (a) the
person who made the original decision; or
(b) a person in a less senior
office than the person who made the original decision.
(3) Subsection (2) —
(a) applies despite the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 , section 27A ; and
(b)
does not apply to an original decision made— (i) personally by the chief
executive; or
(ii) by the board of directors of the Organisation.
(4) If the
internal review decision confirms the original decision, for the purpose of an
external review, the original decision is taken to be the
internal review decision.
(5) If the internal review decision amends the
original decision, for the purpose of an external review, the
original decision as amended is taken to be the internal review decision.