Agriculture Appeals (Amendment) Act 2024

Amendment of section 10 of Act of 2001

8. Section 10 of the Act of 2001 is amended—

(a) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (1):

“(1A) A revision may be made under subsection (1) only if requested by a party to the appeal during the period of 6 months beginning with the date on which the decision of the appeals officer was given.”,

(b) by the deletion of subsection (2), and

(c) by the insertion of the following subsections after subsection (3):

“(4) An appeals officer revising a decision under this section shall send written notice of the revised decision to the parties to the appeal.

(5) A revised decision under this section shall, subject to sections 10A and 11, be final and conclusive.

(6) A reference in section 10A or 11 to a revised decision under this section includes a reference to a decision of an appeals officer not to revise a decision.”.