Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS TRIBUNAL ACT 1975 - SECT 34J

  (1)   If:

  (a)   it appears to the Tribunal that the issues for determination on the review of a decision can be adequately determined in the absence of the parties; and

  (b)   the parties consent to the review being determined without a hearing;

the Tribunal may review the decision by considering the documents or other material lodged with or provided to the Tribunal and without holding a hearing.

  (2)   For the purposes of subsection   (1), the consent of the agency party to a proceeding in the Social Services and Child Support Division is not required.