Clause 25

in subsection (2)(b), delete “or” at the end;

in subsection (2), after paragraph (b), insert —“(ba)if the appeal is against a decision to order a designated provider to pay a financial penalty under section 23(1)(b) or 24A(1)(b) — the date of service of the written notice of the decision on the designated provider under section 24B(4); or”;

in subsection (6), after “against”, insert “(other than any decision to order a designated provider to pay a financial penalty under section 23(1)(b) or 24A(1)(b))”; and

after subsection (7), insert —“(7A) Without limiting subsection (7), in an appeal against a decision to order a designated provider to pay a financial penalty under section 23(1)(b) or 24A(1)(b), the Minister may vary all or any of the following:

the amount of the financial penalty;

the amount of any interest on the financial penalty;

the period within which the designated provider must pay the financial penalty.”.