Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Act 2023
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Review of refusal of designation or revocation of designation | ||
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14. (1) An applicant whose application for designation is refused by the Minister under section 8 (4)(b) or a qualified entity whose designation is revoked by the Minster under section 11 may, within 28 days from the date of the notification under section 9 (2) or 11 (2), as may be appropriate, request in writing a review (in this section referred to as a “review request”) of such refusal or revocation, as the case may be, in the prescribed form. | ||
(2) The review request shall state the grounds on which the applicant or qualified entity making the request seeks a review of the refusal or revocation, as the case may be. | ||
(3) The Minister shall, upon receipt of the review request, appoint an independent person (in this section referred to as a “reviewer”) to carry out a review requested under subsection (1). | ||
(4) The reviewer shall, as soon as practicable after being appointed, review the refusal of designation or revocation of designation, as the case may be, and may recommend to the Minister that the Minister ought to— | ||
(a) affirm the decision— | ||
(i) to refuse the application for designation, or | ||
(ii) to revoke the designation, | ||
or | ||
(b) set aside the decision— | ||
(i) to refuse the application for designation, or | ||
(ii) to revoke the designation, | ||
and recommend that the Minister reconsider the decision. | ||
(5) The reviewer shall, within 14 days of making his or her recommendation under subsection (4), give notice to the person who made the review request, of the recommendation and the reasons for it. |