Extension of Jurisdiction of the Administrative Review Tribunal

L.N. 182 of 2012

ADMINISTRATIVE JUSTICE ACT

(CAP. 490)

Extension of Jurisdiction of the Administrative Review Tribunal

(Producer Organisations) Regulations, 2012

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 21 of the

Administrative Justice Act, hereinafter referred to as "the Act", the

Minister for Justice, Dialogue and the Family has made the following

regulations:-

(1)

The title of these regulations is the Extension of Title and

Jurisdiction of the Administrative Review Tribunal (Producer commencement.

Organisations) Regulations, 2012.

(2) These regulations shall come into force on the 1st July,

2012.

Amendment of Law

First

Second Column

Column

Enactment

Extent of Amendment

1. In article 2, immediately after the

Producer

Organisations definition "product" there shall be added the

Act.

following new definition

" "Tribunal"

means

the

Administrative

Review

Tribunal

established by article 5

of the

Administrative Justice Act;".

2. Article 18 shall be substituted by the

following new article

" Administrative

The law specified in the First Column of the Schedule to Amendment of

these regulations shall have effect subject to the amendments law

Schedule.

specified in the Second Column thereof.

(1)

The Tribunal shall

have

jurisdiction

to

hear and determine

Review

Tribunal.

all appeals made by a person aggrieved

by any decision of the Director, relating

to the grant, refusal or withdrawal of

recognition of a producer organisation

or of an interbranch association, or the

refusal by the Director of the payment

of compensation withdrawal.

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(2) The Tribunal may require

any department or agency of the

Government to provide the Tribunal

with such information or advice as the

Tribunal may deem necessary for the

proper execution of its functions.

(3) An appeal from a decision of

the Director as aforesaid shall be made

by application and shall be filed with

the Secretary of the Tribunal within

twenty days from the date on which the

said decision has been notified.

(4) The provisions of the

Administrative Justice Act, in so far as

they apply to the Administrative

Review Tribunal, shall apply to any

proceedings before the said Tribunal

and the words "public administration"

in the said enactment shall be construed

as a reference to the Director.

(5) The provisions of article 25

of the Administrative Justice Act shall

apply to any appeals pending before the

Producer Organisations Appeals Board

constituted under article 18, as the said

article stood prior to the coming into

force of this article, and any such

appeals shall be assigned to the

Administrative Review Tribunal in

terms of the aforesaid article 25 with

effect from 1st July, 2012.".

3. Article 18A shall be deleted.

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