Administrative Appeals Tribunal Amendment Act 2005 (38 of 2005)

Schedule 1   Amendments

Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975

180   After section 59

Insert:

59A Authorised members

(1) The President may authorise a particular member to be an authorised member for the purposes of one or more specified provisions of this Act.

(2) An authorisation under subsection (1), to the extent to which it relates to a particular provision of this Act, may be:

(a) general; or

(b) limited to:

(i) a particular reviewable decision or particular reviewable decisions; or

(ii) reviewable decisions included in a particular class or classes of reviewable decisions; or

(iii) a particular proceeding or particular proceedings; or

(iv) proceedings included in a particular class or classes of proceedings.

(3) The President may at any time vary or revoke an authorisation under subsection (1).

(4) In this section:

reviewable decision means a decision in respect of which an application to the Tribunal for review has been, or may be, made.