Section 58Part 7 — INFRINGEMENT AND LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Appeals from decisions of the Registrar
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Any person aggrieved by a decision of the Registrar may, within fourteen days of notification of the decision, appeal to the Appeals Tribunal.
For the purposes of this section a decision of the Registrar includes any act of the Registrar in exercise of a discretion vested in the Registrar by this Law.
A person aggrieved by a decision of the Registrar under this Law is entitled to receive from the Registrar a written notice stating the following —
the decision and the reasons for it;
that the aggrieved person may appeal against the decision of the Appeals Tribunal; and
directions on how to appeal.
An appeal under subsection (1) is brought by giving notice in writing to the Chairman of the Appeals Tribunal and to the Registrar.
The giving of a notice of appeal pursuant to subsection (3) operates as a stay upon on any decision of the Registrar.
Upon receipt of a notice, the Chairman of the Appeals Tribunal shall fix a date for the hearing of the appeal, being not less than 30 days nor more than 90 days from the date of the receipt of the notice of appeal, and shall give notice of that date forthwith to the appellant and to the Registrar.
The Chairman of the Appeals Tribunal shall prescribe the procedure to be followed at the hearing of an appeal under this section.
Within 30 days of the conclusion of the hearing of the appeal the Appeals Tribunal shall reach a decision upon the appeal and shall deliver a notification of that decision, together with written reasons therefor, to every party who appeared at the hearing of the appeal.
The decision of the Appeals Tribunal upon an appeal shall, subject to subsection (10), be final and binding upon all parties.
Decisions of an Appeals Tribunal may be made public at the discretion of the Appeals Tribunal and no member of the Appeals Tribunal shall be liable in any civil court for any act done or ordered to be done in good faith in the discharge of functions under this Law, unless it is proved that the member acted maliciously and without reasonable cause.