53A—Review by Tribunal
(1) A person who has
applied for a permit under section 53 may apply to the Tribunal under
section 34 of the South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal
Act 2013 for review of a decision of the Minister—
(a) to
refuse to grant the permit; or
(b) to
grant the permit subject to limitations, restrictions or conditions; or
(c) as
to the term of the permit; or
(d) to
revoke the permit.
(2) Subject to
subsection (4), an application must be made within 2 months after
the applicant is notified by the Minister of the decision.
(3) The Minister must,
if required by the applicant for the review, state in writing the reasons for
the decision.
(4) If the reasons of
the Minister are not given to the applicant for the review in writing at the
time of making the decision and that person (within 2 months of the making of
the decision) requires the Minister to state the reasons in writing, the time
for making an application to the Tribunal runs from the time at which that
person receives the written statement of those reasons.
(5) For the purposes
of proceedings before the Tribunal under this section, a panel of assessors
must be established under section 22 of the South Australian Civil and
Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 that consists of persons that have
extensive experience in the following:
(a) the
conservation of animals, plants or other natural resources;
(b) the
conservation of ecosystems;
(c) the
management of natural resources;
(d)
primary production;
(e)
relevant fields of the biological sciences.
(6) In any proceedings
under this section, the Tribunal may, if the President so determines, sit with
1 or more assessors selected by the President from the panel referred to in
subsection (5).
(7) In this
section—
"President" means the President of the Tribunal appointed under the
South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 ;
"Tribunal" means the South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal
established under the South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal
Act 2013 .