Cap. 447 Art. 18Administrative Review Tribunal.

(1) The Tribunal shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine 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.

(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.