Administrative Review Tribunal Act 1996 (NI)

Administrative Review Tribunal Act 1996

No. 15, 1996

Compilation No. 4

Compilation date: 1 January 2022

Includes amendments up to: Norfolk Island Continued Laws Ordinance 2015 (No. 2, 2015) as amended up to Norfolk Island Continued Laws Ordinance Amendment (Applied Laws and Service Delivery (Queensland) Measures) Rules 2021 (F2021L01904) Note: The formatting of this compilation was updated in 2022 to align with current formatting practices.

Contents Part 1—Preliminary 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Interpretation Part 2—Establishment of Administrative Review Tribunal 4 Establishment of Tribunal 5 Appointment of members of Tribunal 6 Arrangement of business 7 Constitution of Tribunal 8 Presiding member 9 Delegation 10 Procedure of the Tribunal 11 Representation before the Tribunal 12 Powers of the Tribunal 13 Secretary of the Tribunal Part 3—Review of decisions 14 Tribunal may review certain decisions 15 Certain decisions not reviewable 16 Persons who may apply to the Tribunal 17 Person affected by decision may obtain reasons for decision 18 Circumstances where applicant not entitled to obtain reasons 19 Disclosure contrary to public interest 20 Statement not containing adequate particulars, etc 21 Tribunal to determine persons whose interests are affected by decision 22 Application for review 23 Parties to proceeding before Tribunal 24 Conferences 25 Circumstances in which hearing may be dispensed with 26 Certain documents and information not required to be disclosed and questions not required to be answered 27 Lodging material documents 28 Power of Tribunal to obtain additional statements 29 Opportunity to make submissions 30 Power of Tribunal if parties reach agreement 31 Review by the Tribunal 32 Hearing in public subject to exceptions 33 Stay of proceedings 34 Appeal to Supreme Court 35 Operation of decision that is subject to appeal 36 Reference of question of law 37 Sending documents to, and disclosure of documents by, the Supreme Court Part 4—Miscellaneous 38 Failure to comply with summons 39 Refusal to be sworn or to answer questions 40 False or misleading evidence 41 Contempt of Tribunal 42 Protection of members, legal practitioner and witnesses 43 Witness, etc fees 43A Tribunal may order costs 44 Regulations Endnotes Administrative Review Tribunal Act 1996