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OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATIONS 1996 - REG 2.16

2.16 .         Review of Commissioner’s decisions

        (1)         In this regulation —

        decision means —

            (a)         a decision made under these regulations by the Commissioner himself or herself; and

            (b)         a determination of the Commissioner under regulation 2.15(3),

        but does not include a decision made by a person acting as a delegate of the Commissioner.

        (2)         A person who is not satisfied with a decision may, within 14 days of receiving notice of the decision and in the form of Form 6 in Schedule 2 refer the decision to a safety and health magistrate for review setting out the grounds upon which a review of the decision is sought and giving to the Commissioner a copy of the reference.

        (3)         On reference of a decision to a safety and health magistrate for review under this regulation, the safety and health magistrate is to inquire into the circumstances relevant to the decision and may —

            (a)         affirm the decision;

            (b)         set aside the decision; or

            (c)         substitute for the decision any decision that the safety and health magistrate considers the Commissioner should have made in the first instance,

                and the determination of the matter by the safety and health magistrate is to be final.



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