[blml] Appeal [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[richard.hills at immi.gov.au]

Wayne Burrows asked:

>>My dictionary (Concise Oxford happened to be closest) defines appeal
>>as "Call to (higher tribunal) for deliverance from decision of lower".
>>
>>Is this what we are doing when we go to an appeal committee?

Ed Reppert replied:

>Yes.

Richard Hills quibbles:

Yes and no.  See Law 93B3.

The appeals committee is the higher tribunal for decisions on facts or
matters for judgement.

The director is the higher tribunal for Law 91 disciplinary rulings,
and also for interpretations of Law.

But the lower tribunal of the appeals committee may humbly request the
higher tribunal of the director to reconsider an interpretation of Law
that the appeals committee deems to be an idiosyncratically illegal
interpretation of Law and/or a De Wael School interpretation of Law.

:-)


Best wishes

Richard James Hills, amicus curiae
National Training Branch, DIAC
02 6223 9052

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