Parties to applications
29 Parties to applications
The parties to an application are the applicant and the respondent, unless this section or an authorising law otherwise provides.
The parties to an application for occupational discipline are the entity bringing the application and the person to whom the application relates.
The parties to an application for review of a decision are the applicant and the decision-maker.
The party to an application for an advisory opinion is the applicant.
The tribunal may, by written notice to the parties to an application, join a person as a new party to the application if—
the person has an interest in the application; or
for an appeal—the person was a party to the original decision.
The tribunal must not join a person as a new applicant to an application if the person is not entitled to apply to the tribunal under the authorising law under which the application is made.
Example—s (6)
Under the Planning Act 2023, s 506 only an entity mentioned in relation to a decision in that Act may apply for review of a decision.
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