Chapter:	509	Title:	OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ORDINANCE	Gazette Number:
Section:	12	Heading:	Employer or occupier may appeal to Appeal Board against Commissioner's decision	Version Date:	30/06/1997

(1) An employer or occupier affected by a decision of the Commissioner under section 11 may appeal to the Appeal Board against the decision.
(2) An appeal must be lodged with the Appeal Board within 28 days after the decision is notified in writing to the employer or occupier concerned.
(3) On the hearing of an appeal under this section relating to a suspension notice, the Appeal Board may do one of the following-

(a) revoke the notice on the grounds that the circumstances that gave rise to the service of the notice have ceased to exist or that the directions contained in the notice are unreasonable;
(b) if satisfied that the circumstances that gave rise to the service of the notice continue to exist, modify the notice on the ground that the directions contained in the notice are unreasonable;
(c) refuse the appeal on the grounds that the circumstances that gave rise to the service of the notice continue to exist and that the directions contained in the notice are reasonable.