Biosecurity Act 2014

The issuing authority must, within 10 days after making an internal review decision, give the applicant notice of the decision.

If the internal review decision is not the decision sought by the applicant, the notice must—

for an original decision to seize or forfeit a thing—state the following—

the day the notice is given to the applicant (the review notice day);

the reasons for the decision;

that the applicant may, within 28 days after the notice is given, appeal against the decision to the court;

how to appeal;

that the applicant may apply to the court for a stay of the decision; or

for another decision—be accompanied by a QCAT information notice for the decision.

If the issuing authority does not give the notice within the 10 days, the issuing authority is taken to have made an internal review decision confirming the original decision.

In this section—QCAT information notice means a notice complying with the QCAT Act, section 157(2).