Reviews and appeals

You have the right to seek a review of decisions made by inspectors if they affect you.

The review process is explained on the back of enforcement notices and involves the following steps.

• An Application for review of decision (PDF, 144 KB) must be submitted on the approved form.
• In most cases the application must be submitted within 14 days after the day you receive notice of the inspector’s decision
• If the application is for the review of a decision to forfeit a thing, the application must be submitted within 28 days after the day you receive notice of the original decision
• Make sure you put enough information on the application form for Workplace Health and Safety Queensland and the Electrical Safety office to make a decision.

The Department of Justice and Attorney-General will give you written notice of the review decision within 14 days of making the decision.

Industrial court

You also have the right to make an appeal against an original decision or a review decision in the Industrial Court of Queensland.

A notice of appeal must be lodged in writing within 30 days of either receiving the original decision or the receipt of reasons for the review decision.

You may also apply for a stay of operation of decision so you are not bound by the decision until the appeal is finalised.

The Industrial Court may:

• confirm the decision appealed against
• vary the decision appealed against
• set aside the decision appealed against and make a substitute decision
• return the issue to the Electrical Safety Office with directions the court considers appropriate.