Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

ACT CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL ACT 2008 - SECT 60

    (1)     This section applies if—

        (a)     the tribunal makes an order on an application; and

        (b)     within 14 days after the day the order is made, a party asks for a statement of reasons for the making of the order.

    (2)     The tribunal must give the party a written statement of reasons or a transcript of an oral statement of reasons for the making of the order.

    (3)     The statement of reasons must set out—

        (a)     any principles of law relied on by the tribunal; and

        (b)     the way in which the tribunal applied the principles of law to the facts.

Note     For what must be included in a statement of reasons, see the Legislation Act

, s 179.

    (4)     This section does not apply to an order under section 53 (Interim orders) or an order of a procedural nature.

Examples—order of a procedural nature

adjournment, order for default judgement, order joining a party to a proceeding

Note     The rules may prescribe a longer period for asking for order details (see s 25 (1) (e) and (2)).