Review of Decisions

If a community housing provider is not satisfied with a decision by the Registrar relating to its registration, it can ask for the decision to be reviewed. An internal review of the decision will be conducted by a senior officer not involved in making the original decision.

The provider may also apply directly to the Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division of the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT) for a review of the decision, whether or not an internal review has already been undertaken, in certain cases. Decisions by the Registrar that can be reviewed by NCAT are decisions to:

• refuse an application for registration or for the variation of a registration of the entity under the Community Housing Providers National Law
• impose or revoke any additional standard condition of registration of the entity under the Community Housing Providers National Law
• issue binding instructions to the entity under the Community Housing Providers National Law
• vary the category of the entity’s registration under the Community Housing Providers National Law
• cancel the entity’s registration under the Community Housing Providers National Law
• refuse an application made by or on behalf of the entity for the cancellation of its registration under the Community Housing Providers National Law
• appoint a statutory manager under the Community Housing Providers National Law.