Commencing an appeal (Act s. 29)
26 Commencing an appeal (Act s. 29)
If under the Act section 29(1) a person who is dissatisfied with a decision made by a registrar wants to appeal to a magistrate, the person must lodge 2 copies, and one copy for each other party, of these documents —
a Form 1B; and
a copy of the registrar’s decision; and
any other documents necessary to decide the appeal.
The appellant must serve one copy of the lodged documents on each other party within 14 days after the date on which the documents are lodged.
A magistrate may, by order, extend the period in subrule (2), and may do so even if the period has elapsed.
An application for an order under subrule (3) —
is not required to be served on any other party; and
may be dealt with in the absence of the parties.
[Rule 26 amended: Gazette 23 Nov 2007 p. 5862; 26 Jul 2013 p. 3346.]
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