Where any party to any proceedings before the Commission or any Licensing Committee under this Act is dissatisfied with any determination of the Commission or Licensing Committee in the proceedings as being erroneous in point of law, he may appeal to the High Court on that question of law.

The provisions of subsection (1) of this section, so far as they relate to proceedings before the Commission, shall extend and apply to any proceedings before the Commission by way of appeal against the decision of a Licensing Committee.

Subject to sections 226a to 226g of this Act, every appeal under this section shall be dealt with in accordance with rules of Court.

Every appeal under section 226 of this Act shall be instituted by the appellant lodging a notice of appeal within 1 month after the date of the determination with—

Either before or immediately after the lodging of the notice of appeal, the appellant shall serve a copy of the notice of appeal, either personally or by post, on every other party to the proceedings before the Commission or Licensing Committee.

Service under subsection (2) of this section, if by post, shall be by registered letter and shall be deemed in the absence of proof to the contrary for the purposes of this section to be effected at the time when the letter would be delivered in the ordinary course of post.

Every notice of appeal shall specify—

The Secretary of the Commission or the Clerk of the Licensing Committee shall, as soon as is practicable after receiving a copy of the notice of appeal, send a copy of the whole of the determination appealed from to the Registrar of the High Court in Wellington.

Any party to the proceedings before the Commission or the Licensing Committee who wishes to appear and be heard on the hearing of the appeal shall, within 10 days after the date of the service on him of a copy of the notice of appeal, lodge with the Registrar of the High Court in Wellington a notice of that party’s intention to appear and be heard.

Any party who gives a notice of intention to appear and be heard and the appellant shall be parties to the appeal and shall be entitled—

Subject to subsections (2) and (3) of this section, the High Court may, of its own motion or on the application of any party to the appeal, make all or any of the following orders:

An application under subsection (1) of this section shall—

The High Court may make an order under subsection (1) of this section only if it is satisfied that a proper determination of the point of law in issue so requires; and the order may be made subject to such conditions as the High Court thinks fit.

The High Court may dismiss any appeal under section 226 of this Act—

Where any party to an appeal under section 226 of this Act other than the appellant wishes to contend at the hearing of the appeal that the determination appealed from is erroneous in point of law other than those set out in the notice of appeal he shall, within 1 month after the date of the service on him of a copy of the notice of appeal, lodge a notice to that effect with the Registrar of the High Court in Wellington. The provisions of sections 226 and 226a(2) to (4), 226c, 226d, 226f, and 226g of this Act shall apply, with such modifications as may be necessary, to any notice lodged under this section as if it were a notice of appeal.

The High Court or a Judge thereof may, in its or his discretion, on the application of the appellant, or intending appellant, or any other party, extend any time prescribed or allowed under any of the provisions of sections 226a to 226e of this Act for the lodging of any notice, application, or other document.

When any party to the appeal notifies the Registrar of the High Court in Wellington—