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(1) The Director-General may order a case to be reheard whether generally or partially in any case under this Part where a formal investigation into a shipping casualty has been held:

(a) if new evidence which could not be produced at the investigation is discovered; or

(b) if for any other reason there is in the opinion of the Director-General grounds for suspecting that there has been a miscarriage of justice.

(2) The Director-General may order the case to be reheard by the Wreck Commissioner by whom the case was heard in the first instance or by a different Wreck Commissioner as the Director-General may appropriately determine.

(3) The owner of a ship, or any other person who has an interest in a formal investigation, and is affected by the decision of the Wreck Commissioner, may appeal from that decision in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as are applicable to a decision for the cancellation or suspension of the certificate of an officer.