Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS TRIBUNAL (NO. 58 OF 1994) - SECT 11

11. Section 32 of the Principal Act is amended—

    (a)     by inserting after subsection (1) the following subsection:

“(1A) The Tribunal may hold a directions hearing in relation to a proceeding.”;

        (b)     by omitting from paragraph (2) (a) “by the President” (first occurring) and substituting “by the Tribunal at a directions hearing under subsection (1A), by the President”;

    (c)     by inserting after subsection (2) the following subsection:

“(2A) Without limiting the operation of this section, a direction as to the procedure to be followed at or in connection with the hearing of a proceeding before the Tribunal may—

        (a)     require any person who is a party to the proceeding to provide further information in relation to the proceeding;

        (b)     require the person who made the decision to provide a statement of the grounds on which the application will be resisted at the hearing;

        (c)     require any person who is a party to the proceeding to provide a statement of the matters or contentions on which reliance is intended to be placed at the hearing; or

        (d)     require the person who made the decision to lodge—

              (i)     specified documents;

              (ii)     any document within a specified period; or

              (iii)     a specified number of copies of any document;

        and provide that, until any further direction to the contrary is given, compliance with section 37 is not required.”;

        (d)     by omitting from subsection (3) all the words after “any time” and substituting “by a direction given in accordance with subsection (2)”; and

    (e)     by inserting in subsection (4) “or class of proceeding” after “proceeding” (last occurring).