Section 56
Appeal to Minister
(1)
Any postal licensee who is aggrieved by —
any decision of the Postal Authority in the exercise of any discretion vested in the Postal Authority by or under this Act; or
anything contained in any code of practice or standard of performance under section 24 or 26C, or any direction of the Postal Authority given under section 25, 26D or 26F(2),may, within 14 days after being notified of the decision or direction or the issue or approval of the code of practice or standard of performance, as the case may be (or such longer period as the Minister allows in exceptional circumstances, whether before or after the end of the 14 days), appeal to the Minister in the prescribed manner.
(2)
Any person (other than a postal licensee) who is aggrieved by any decision or direction of the Postal Authority given by or under section 6(1), 9(1), 26B or 26D, may, within 14 days after being notified of the decision or direction (or such longer period as the Minister allows in exceptional circumstances, whether before or after the end of the 14 days), appeal to the Minister in the prescribed manner.
(3)
Any person (other than the public parcel locker network operator) who is aggrieved by —
any decision of the Postal Authority under section 23J(5), 23M(8) or 23N(1)(a) or (5); or
anything contained in any code of practice issued under section 23M(1), or any direction of the Postal Authority given under section 23O(2)(a),may, within 14 days after being notified of the decision or direction or the issue of the code of practice, as the case may be (or such longer period as the Minister allows in exceptional circumstances, whether before or after the end of the 14 days), appeal to the Minister in the prescribed manner.
(4)
Any person who makes an appeal to the Minister under subsection (1), (2) or (3) must, within the period specified therein —
state as concisely as possible the circumstances under which the appeal arises, the issues and grounds for the appeal; and
submit to the Minister all relevant facts, evidence and arguments for or against the appeal, as the case may be.
(5)
Where an appeal has been made to the Minister under subsection (1), (2) or (3), the Minister may require —
any party to the appeal; and
any person who is not a party to the appeal but appears to the Minister to have information that is relevant to the matters mentioned in that subsection,to provide the Minister with all such information as the Minister may require for the purpose of considering the appeal and making a determination for resolving it, and any person so required to provide such information must provide it in the manner and within the period that the Minister may specify.
(6)
The Minister may reject any appeal of an appellant who fails to comply with subsection (4) or (5).
(7)
Unless otherwise provided, where an appeal is lodged under this section, the decision, direction or other thing appealed against must be complied with until the determination of the appeal.
(8)
The Minister may determine an appeal under this section by confirming, varying or reversing any decision or direction of the Postal Authority or by amending any code of practice or standard of performance.
(9)
The decision of the Minister in any appeal is final.