Commonwealth Numbered Acts

ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS TRIBUNAL AMENDMENT ACT 1977 No. 58 of 1977 - SECT 22

22. Section 36 of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by omitting sub-section (3) and substituting the following sub-
        section:-

''(3) Where the Attorney-General has certified in accordance with sub-section
(1) that the disclosure of information or of the contents of a document would
be contrary to the public interest but the certificate does not specify a
reason referred to in paragraph (1) (a) or (b), the President shall consider
whether the information or the contents of the document should be disclosed to
all or any of the parties to the proceeding and, if he considers that the
information or the contents of the document should be so disclosed, the
Tribunal shall make the information available or permit the document to be
inspected accordingly.'';

   (b)  by omitting from sub-section (4) the words ''the Tribunal shall take
        as the basis of its consideration'' and substituting the words ''the
        President shall take as the basis of his consideration''; and

   (c)  by inserting after sub-section (4) the following sub-section:-

''(4A) Nothing in this section prevents the disclosure of information or of
the contents of a document to a member of the staff of the Tribunal in the
course of the performance of his duties as a member of the staff of the
Tribunal.''.