1. Interpretation.
INTERPRETATION.
ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS RULES.
(Cap. 1, section 42).
(Ordinance No. 2 of 1950).
[1st September, 1950.]
[CAP. 1.
Ord. 2 of 1950, s. 89A, Fourth Schedule.
These rules may be cited as the Administrative Appeals Rules.
2. In these rules-
"enactment" means an enactment in which an appeal to the Governor in Council is provided;
"applicant" means the person who initiates an appeal to the Governor in Council;
"respondent" means any public servant who is concerned in such an appeal, and where no such person is specified in an enactment means the head of any department which is concerned.
3. Interpretation in certain cases.
No appeal shall lie if proceedings have already been taken or initiated before the Court or a magistrate in respect of the matter of the appeal.
4. A person may appeal who-
(a) is dissatisfied with the exercise of the discretion of any person to whom discretionary power is given under an enactment in respect of any act, matter or thing which is by the enactment made subject to the exercise of the discretion of such authority; or
(b) is dissatisfied with any action or decision of any such person either as to the carrying out of or the meaning of any of the provisions of the enactment;
(c) considers that any of the provisions of the enactment are, owing to special conditions, undesirable.
5. Grounds of appeal.
The grounds of such appeal shall be concisely stated in writing in the English language, and shall be delivered to the Clerk of Councils.
6. Notice of hearing.
The Clerk of Councils shall give the applicant seven days' notice of the hearing of the appeal, and shall...
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