Western Australian Numbered Acts

MANDATORY TESTING (INFECTIOUS DISEASES) ACT 2014 (NO. 26 OF 2014) - SECT 25

25 .         Appeal by public officer

        (1)         If a court decides not to make a disease test order under section 19, the public officer who applied for the order may appeal to the District Court against the decision.

        (2)         Unless the District Court otherwise orders, the appeal must be filed without delay.

        (3)         The District Court must hear and decide the appeal —

            (a)         within 48 hours after the decision not to make a disease test order; and

            (b)         in the absence of the public; and

            (c)         without adjourning the appeal.

        (4)         The District Court may allow or refuse to allow the appeal.