You can appeal or apply to LAT if you receive and disagree with a decision, proposal, or order from the Registrar or Regulator under relevant provisions of LAT’s statutes.

Once a person files an appeal or application with the LAT, they are referred to as either an Appellant or Applicant.

If the appellant or applicant is a company, the person filing an appeal or application on behalf of that company must have the company’s authority to do so.

Your right to appeal to LAT will be clearly indicated in the Decision/Proposal/Order that you will receive from the Registrar or Regulator.

Your right to appeal can also be found in the relevant statutes which come under LAT’s jurisdiction.

For more information on the relevant statutes, please see e-laws.

No. The Safety, Licensing Appeals and Standards Tribunals Ontario and its tribunals do not utilize a caucusing model (speaking to parties separately).

All parties must be present during any conversation to ensure transparency.

Hearings are conducted by at least one member of the LAT (and may be heard by up to three members).

LAT members are appointed by Order-in-Council.

Information about the appointment process and the LAT’s membership can be found on the Public Appointments Secretariat’s website.

It is important that you attend any proceedings on the date scheduled. If you do not appear for your hearing, LAT would take steps to contact you. If we are unable to reach you, the hearing might proceed in your absence and you would not be entitled to any further notice in the proceeding. The LAT may also dismiss an appeal.

Yes. Hearings are open to the public unless ordered otherwise by LAT.

You can contact LAT for a schedule of proceedings.

Yes. Decisions from [date] onwards are publicly available on the Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII) website.

CanLII is an online platform that offers free public access to tribunal and court decisions.

The decision takes effect on the date it is released to the parties unless otherwise set out in the decision.

A party can ask the Executive Chair of SLASTO to reconsider a decision. You can learn about the process and criteria for making a request for reconsideration here.

To find out whether there is a right to appeal LAT’s decisions, as well as relevant details about the appeal process, please see the Information Sheet entitled, ‘Statutory Appeals from Decisions of the Licence Appeal Tribunal’.

All statutes are also available on e-laws.

LAT may review and correct typographical, calculation and other minor errors to clarify an order or decision.