Administrative Review Tribunal Act 2024 (40 of 2024)

Part 4   Proceedings

Division 5   Tribunal procedure

Subdivision B   Parties and representation

59   Attorney-General of the Commonwealth may become a party

Becoming a party

 

(1) If the Attorney-General of the Commonwealth gives written notice to the Tribunal that the Attorney-General wishes to be a party to a proceeding in the Tribunal, the Attorney-General is a party to the proceeding.

Ceasing to be a party

      

(2) If:

(a) the Attorney-General of the Commonwealth is a party to a proceeding because of a notice under subsection (1); and

(b) the Attorney-General gives written notice to the Tribunal that the Attorney-General wishes to cease being a party to the proceeding;

the Attorney-General ceases being a party to the proceeding.

Costs

      

(3) If the Attorney-General of the Commonwealth is a party to a proceeding because of a notice under subsection (1), the Attorney-General may authorise the Commonwealth to pay another party to the proceeding any costs that the Attorney-General considers the party reasonably incurred as a result of the Attorney-General being a party to the proceeding.

      

(4) To avoid doubt, the power of the Commonwealth to make a payment, or to make, vary or administer an arrangement or grant, under this section must be disregarded for the purpose of paragraph 32B(1)(a) of the Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Act 1997.

Note: The effect of this subsection is to make clear that this section does not effectively limit the operation of section 32B of the Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Act 1997. The Commonwealth has the power to make, vary or administer an arrangement or grant under that section whether the Commonwealth also has the power to do so under this section.