NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT 1972 - SECT 53A

NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT 1972 - SECT 53A

53A—Review by Tribunal

        (1)         A person who has applied for a permit under section 53 may apply to the Tribunal under section 34 of the South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 for review of a decision of the Minister—

            (a)         to refuse to grant the permit; or

            (b)         to grant the permit subject to limitations, restrictions or conditions; or

            (c)         as to the term of the permit; or

            (d)         to revoke the permit.

        (2)         Subject to subsection (4), an application must be made within 2 months after the applicant is notified by the Minister of the decision.

        (3)         The Minister must, if required by the applicant for the review, state in writing the reasons for the decision.

        (4)         If the reasons of the Minister are not given to the applicant for the review in writing at the time of making the decision and that person (within 2 months of the making of the decision) requires the Minister to state the reasons in writing, the time for making an application to the Tribunal runs from the time at which that person receives the written statement of those reasons.

        (5)         For the purposes of proceedings before the Tribunal under this section, a panel of assessors must be established under section 22 of the South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 that consists of persons that have extensive experience in the following:

            (a)         the conservation of animals, plants or other natural resources;

            (b)         the conservation of ecosystems;

            (c)         the management of natural resources;

            (d)         primary production;

            (e)         relevant fields of the biological sciences.

        (6)         In any proceedings under this section, the Tribunal may, if the President so determines, sit with 1 or more assessors selected by the President from the panel referred to in subsection (5).

        (7)         In this section—

"President" means the President of the Tribunal appointed under the South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 ;

"Tribunal" means the South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal established under the South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 .