s.34Procedure for internal review
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Section 34Part 5 — Internal Review

Procedure for internal review

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An internal review shall be conducted —
by the responsible Minister or the Chief Officer in consultation with the Minister in relation to records referred to in sections 15, 16 and 18; or
in any other case, by the chief officer in the relevant ministry or the principal officer of the public authority whose decision is subject to review, but no review shall be conducted by the same person who made the decision or a person junior in rank to that person.
An application for internal review shall be made —
within thirty calendar days after the date of a notification (in this subsection referred to as "the initial period") to the applicant of the relevant decision, or within such further period, not exceeding thirty calendar days, as the public authority may permit; or
where no such notification has been given, within thirty calendar days after the expiration of the period allowed for the giving of the decision or of any other period permitted by the authority.
A person who conducts an internal review —
may take any decision in relation to the application which could have been taken on an original application; and
shall take that decision within a period of thirty calendar days after the date of receipt of the application.

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