Administrative Review Tribunal Act 2024

PART 4 - PROCEEDINGS  

Division 7 - Public interest certificates and interventions  

SECTION 93   ATTORNEY-GENERAL IS PARTY TO PROCEEDING  
Public interest certificates

93(1)    
The Attorney-General of the Commonwealth or of a State, the Australian Capital Territory or the Northern Territory is a party to a proceeding in the Tribunal if:

(a)    that Attorney-General gives a certificate under section 91 in relation to the proceeding; and

(b)    the certificate does not specify a reason set out in paragraph 91(1)(a) or (b) or (2)(a) ; and

(c)    that Attorney-General would not otherwise be a party to the proceeding.

Attorney-General intervening

93(2)    
The Attorney-General of the Commonwealth or of a State, the Australian Capital Territory or the Northern Territory is taken to be a party to a proceeding in the Tribunal if that Attorney-General:

(a)    informs the Tribunal under subsection 92(1) that the answering of a question at the hearing of the proceeding would be contrary to the public interest; and

(b)    would not otherwise be a party to the proceeding.