Agriculture Appeals (Amendment) Act 2024
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Transitional provisions | ||
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15. (1) The Act of 2001 shall have effect as amended by this Part on and after the commencement date in respect of a pre-commencement decision if immediately before the commencement date— | ||
(a) no request has been made for revision of the decision by an appeals officer under section 10(1) of the Act of 2001 or by the Director under section 10(2) of that Act, | ||
(b) a request for revision of the decision by an appeals officer under section 10(1) of the Act of 2001 has been made but not determined, or | ||
(c) a request for revision of the decision by the Director under section 10(2) of the Act of 2001 has been made but not determined (in which case the Director shall make administrative arrangements to transfer the request to the Review Panel for consideration under section 10A of that Act). | ||
(2) The period allowed by section 10(1A) or 10A(2)(b) of the Act of 2001 for requesting a revision shall, in the application of those provisions by virtue of subsection (1), be taken to be the period of 12 months beginning with the commencement date. | ||
(3) In relation to any pre-commencement decision to which subsection (1) does not apply, the Act of 2001 shall continue to have effect as if this Part had not come into operation. | ||
(4) In this section— | ||
“commencement date” means the date on which section 9 comes into operation; | ||
“pre-commencement decision” means a decision made before the commencement date by an appeals officer under section 7(4) or 10(1) of the Act of 2001. |