Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 26:2A-20

  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
4. a. The commissioner is authorized to institute a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction for injunctive relief to enjoin the operation of a human milk bank whenever the commissioner determines that:

(1) a condition exists or has occurred at the human milk bank that is dangerous to the public health;

(2) the human milk bank has repeatedly violated the provisions of this act; or

(3) a human milk bank has opened or is operating without complying with the provisions of this act.

b. The commissioner may, in addition, request such other relief as is deemed necessary. In any such action the court may proceed in a summary manner.

c. Any person aggrieved by a final decision of the commissioner shall be entitled to seek judicial review in the Appellate Division of the Superior Court. All petitions for review shall be filed in accordance with the Rules of the Court.

L.2017, c.247, s.4.

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