Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) An appeal, or an application for leave to appeal, to the Tribunal under this Act:
(a) shall specify the grounds on which the appeal is brought or the leave to appeal is sought; and
(b) shall be lodged with the Registrar, or with such other person as is prescribed, within the appropriate period, or within such further period as the Tribunal, either before or after the expiration of the appropriate period, allows.
(2) In subsection (1), appropriate period , in relation to proceedings before a service tribunal that have resulted in a conviction or a prescribed acquittal, means the period of 30 days commencing immediately after:
(a) the day on which the results of a review under section 152 of the Defence Force Discipline Act 1982 of the proceedings are notified to the convicted person or the prescribed acquitted person; or
(b) the last day of the period of 30 days after the conviction or prescribed acquittal;
whichever is earlier.