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Part 5 — Orders, Appeals

53 Appeal to Court

Current to 2025-12-01 · Official PDF

(1) An appeal lies from an order of the Council to the Court of
King's Bench only on a question of law or jurisdiction.
(2) An appeal under this section may be commenced within 30
days after receipt of service of the Council's decision
(a) by filing an application with the clerk of the Court, and
(b) by serving a copy of the application
(i) on the Council and on the respondent, if the appellant is
the person to whom the order under appeal is directed, or
(ii) on the Council and on the person to whom the order
under appeal is directed, if the appellant is an
Administrator, an accredited municipality, an accredited
regional services commission or the Authority.
(3) The Court may, on application either before or after the time
referred to in subsection (2), extend that time if it considers it
appropriate to do so.
(4) The Court may, in respect of an appeal under subsection (2),
(a) determine the issues to be resolved on the appeal, and
(b) limit the evidence to be submitted by the Council to a copy
of the Council's decision certified by the person who was
the chair when the appeal was heard and those materials
necessary for the disposition of those issues.
(5) On hearing the appeal, the Court may confirm, revoke or vary
the order of the Council.
RSA 2000 cS-1 s53;2009 c53 s167;2015 c10 s27;AR 217/2022
RSA 2000