Questão jurídica principal
Which authority is competent to hear an appeal against a departmental decision on the use of public waters?
Decisão extraída
Such decisions must be appealed to the Government Council, not to the Administrative Court.
Fundamentação extraída
Section 56(1) WRG merely concretizes the general rules of the Government Organization Act. Under section 50(2)(d) GO, administrative-court review is excluded for departmental decisions concerning the use of public property. Legislative materials confirm that this exclusion was not changed by the Delegation Act.