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Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 10
Character Range: 6535–8035

10  Review of decisions relating to membership
 (1) A person may apply to the Minister for review of the Minister's decision:
 (a) to refuse to include a person's name on a brigade register under subsection 7(2); or
 (b) to remove a person's name from a brigade register under paragraph 9(2)(b), (c), (d), or (e).
 (2) An application for review must:
 (a) be in writing; and
 (b) set out the reasons for the application; and
 (c) be made within 21 days after the decision was made.
 (3) On receiving an application, the Minister must appoint an officer of the NSW Rural Fire Service, at or above the rank of Assistant Commissioner, as a review officer to review the Minister's decision.
 (4) After taking into account all relevant information available to the review officer, the review officer must:
 (a) confirm the Minister's decision; or
 (b) for review of a decision under subsection 7(2)—include the applicant's name on the brigade register (subject to such conditions as the review officer thinks fit); or
 (c) for review of a decision under paragraph 9(2)(b), (c), (d) or (e)—decide to retain the applicant's name on the brigade register.
 (5) The review officer must notify the applicant, in writing, of the review officer's decision and the reasons for the decision.
 (6) If a decision to remove a person's name from a brigade register is subject to an application for review, the person's name must not be removed from the register until the application is decided by the review officer.