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Administrative Review Checklist
Administrative Review Checklist for preparing documents, facts, dates, and questions connected to administrative law.
Time to prepare2-5 hours
Before you start
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Before objection, appeal, or review
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0/3 completedAfterwards
0/3 completedWhen It Applies
A government department, municipality, regulator, university, or public body made a decision that affects you.
You need to prepare documents before requesting reasons, appealing internally, objecting, or asking a lawyer about review.
Not For
- Calculating PAJA deadlines or drafting review papers without legal advice.
- Private contract disputes unless a public-law decision is involved.
Documents
- Decision letter
- Reasons
- Application forms
- Policies
- Correspondence
- Proof of submission
- Internal appeal documents
- Impact evidence
- Identity or authority documents
- Chronology
Timeline
- When decision arrives: save the decision date and reasons.
- Before escalation: check internal remedies and build the chronology.
- Before review: collect the record and prejudice evidence.
- After submission: track reasons, responses, and next deadlines.
Tips
- Ask for reasons quickly.
- Keep proof of every submission.
- Separate unfair process concerns from disagreement with the outcome.
- Get advice if the decision affects status, licence, property, public services, or rights.
Warning Signs
- No reasons were given.
- An internal appeal deadline may be running.
- The decision causes immediate financial, status, housing, licence, or rights harm.
- The decision-maker refuses to provide the record or policy used.
Official sources
- Promotion of Administrative Justice Act 3 of 2000Administrative-action, reasons, fairness, and review context.
- Department of Justice PAJA informationPublic-facing PAJA and administrative-justice context.
- Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996Administrative justice and rights context.
This checklist is for general information only and does not constitute legal advice.
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