DENTISTS ACT
CHAPTER 94

Section 55

1. A person aggrieved by an order, determination, finding, action or decision of the council, the registrar, a committee, a panel or a board of examiners, other than a decision refusing registration as an academic member under section 26 (2) or as a limited member under section 26 (3), may appeal to the Supreme Court within 45 days from the date of the order, determination, finding, action or decision.
2. On an appeal the court may
(a) make or give any order provided for in section 43 (2),
(b) impose terms and conditions in an order,
(c) make any additional order, as to costs or otherwise, that it considers just, or
(d) direct the council, committee or panel appealed from to reconsider and determine, either generally or in respect of a specified matter, the whole or any part of a matter to which the appeal relates.
3. If the court gives a direction under subsection (2) (d), the court must
   (a) advise the council, committee or panel appealed from of its reasons, and
   (b) give the council directions the court considers appropriate.
4. An appeal must not be in the nature of a new trial unless all parties consent.

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