It's not toothless. It is a step forward. It's just not enough of a step to increase transparency, because the appeal process will continue the delay and be on grounds that it shouldn't be on. The commissioner is an administrative tribunal, and it should be a review based on reasonableness of the commissioner's order, as with other administrative tribunals, as opposed to, as Ms. Zwibel has highlighted, a de novo review of the entire request. There's just no reason for that.
On October 23rd, 2017. See this statement in context.