Instructions for appeal | Seinäjoen kaupunki

Demand for rectification

A decision can be appealed in writing in accordance with the Local Government Act. Decisions can be appealed by filing a written appeal during office hours. More detailed instructions are provided in the appeal directions. Authority to whom the demand for rectification is addressed,

Seinäjoki town board, PL 215, 60101 Seinäjoki, email: kirjaamo@seinajoki.fi

Decisions can be appealed by filing a written appeal during office hours. More detailed instructions are provided in the appeal directions. Currently, the general fee for court proceedings (processing fee) of the Administrative Court is 260 euros. The fee is not charged in some types of matter or when the person concerned has been exempted from charges based on legislation. The fee is also not charged if the appellant wins their case in part or in full, Act on the Charges of the Courts (Tuomioistuinmaksulaki).

Appellate authority and postal address: Vaasan hallinto-oikeus, PL 204, 65101 Vaasa, Fax: 029 56 42760, email: vaasa.hao@oikeus.fi

The demand for rectification must be submitted within 14 days after the notice of the decision has been served. The member of a municipality is deemed to have been served a notification of the decision within seven (7) days from the date on which the minutes were made available on the City’s internet page at https://listat.seinajoki.fi. The party concerned is deemed to have been served a notification of the decision, unless shown otherwise, within seven (7) days of the dispatch of the letter, on date indicated in the certificate of service or a separate certificate of notification. The demand for rectification must be submitted to the rectifying authority by the final date of the rectification period.

Municipal appeal

Decisions can be appealed by filing a written appeal during office hours. The appeal can also be submitted electronically (fax and email).

Appellate authority and postal address: Vaasan hallinto-oikeus, PL 204, 65101 Vaasa, Fax: 029 56 42760, email: vaasa.hao@oikeus.fi

Currently, the general fee for court proceedings (processing fee) of the Administrative Court is, The fee is not charged in some types of matter or when the person concerned has been exempted from charges based on legislation. The fee is also not charged if the appellant wins their case in part or in full, Act on the Charges of the Courts (Tuomioistuinmaksulaki). The party liable for payment is the initiator, and the charge is applied separately to each petition of appeal.

The appeal period begins at the service of the notice of the decision. The member of a municipality is deemed to have been served a notification of the decision within seven (7) days from the date on which the minutes were made available on the City’s internet page at https://listat.seinajoki.fi. The party concerned is deemed to have been served a notification of the decision, unless shown otherwise, within seven (7) days of the dispatch of the letter, on date indicated in the certificate of service or a separate certificate of notification. The appeal period begins at the service of the notification of the decision and spans 30 days, unless otherwise decreed.

The concerned party is deemed to have been served the decision on the passing of the town plan after seven (7) days from the moment the minutes have been made available on the City’s internet page at https://listat.seinajoki.fi.

Appeal document must indicate

the name of the appellant and municipality of domicile
if the right of action of the appellant is used by their legal representative or proxy or if the author of the appeal is some other person. In such case, the petition of appeal must also state their name and municipality of domicile
the decision challenged
the part of the decision the appellant considers erroneous and the amendments demanded
the grounds on which the challenge is based
the appeal document must also include a postal address and postal code where communications in the matter can be directed.

The appeal document must be signed by the appellant or another author of the appeal document. If the institution of proceedings is carried out electronically, no signature is required for authentication. If only the document author has signed the appeal document, it must mention the author’s occupation, municipality of domicile and postal address. The decision challenged, in the original or as a copy, must be appended to the appeal document together with a certificate on the date of notice of the decision or other evidence on the date when the appeal period began to run as well as documents on which the appellant relies in support of their appeal unless they have not previously been delivered to the authority.

Administrative complaint

Appeal based on special enactments, referring to laws other than the Local Government Act.

These special enactments are applied in areas such as education, social and health care and the environment.

An administrative complaint can be filed by any citizen

The complaint is lodged with the
– County Administrative Board overseeing the operations of the municipality
– Chancellor of Justice of the Council of State
– the Parliamentary Ombudsman.

An administrative complaint refers to a notification of an erroneous official act lodged with a superior authority or with an authority exercising general administrative monitoring of legality (Chancellor of Justice of the Council of State, the Parliamentary Ombudsman). An administrative complaint can be filed by any citizen. It has no formal requirements or a time limit.

Administrative appeal

Appeal based on special enactments, referring to laws other than the Local Government Act.

Municipal authorities make numerous decisions based on special enactments, particularly at the committee and office-holder level. These special enactments are applied in areas such as education, social and health care and the environment.

The highly varying regulations of special enactments concerning petitions of appeal supersede those outlined in the Local Government Act.

In special enactments, the form of appeal is an administrative appeal instead of a municipal appeal. It is not based on legality but can be filed for reasons of expediency, meaning that the appellant finds the decision inappropriate.

The appeal period begins at the service of the notification of the decision and spans 30 days, unless otherwise decreed.

The appeal instructions appended to the minutes and the decision explain how the appeal should be lodged. Special enactments may involve prohibitions of appeal.

Many special enactments contain regulations on claims for a revised decision which pertain to the respective enactment and precede the appeal. Depending on the case, a claim for a revised decision that is in accordance with the Local Government Act may also be applicable.

An administrative appeal can only be submitted by the party concerned, meaning the person at whom the decision is directed or whose rights, responsibility or benefits such a decision will directly affect. An appeal system that is compliant with special enactments does not recognise the right of a member of municipality to appeal that is in accordance with the Local Government Act.