Commonwealth Numbered Acts

INSURANCE ACQUISITIONS AND TAKEOVERS ACT 1991 No. 6 of 1992 - SECT 67

67. (1) Applications may be made to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for
review of decisions of the Minister that have been confirmed or varied under
subsection 66 (3).

(2) If, because of the operation of subsection 66 (4), a decision is taken to
be confirmed, section 29 of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975
applies as if the prescribed time for making application for review of the
decision were the period commencing on the day on which the decision is taken
to have been confirmed and ending on the 28th day after that day.

(3) If a request is made under subsection 66 (1) in respect of a reviewable
decision, section 41 of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 applies
as if the making of the request were the making of an application to the
Administrative Appeals Tribunal for a review of that decision.

(4) In giving any direction as to the persons who are to constitute the
Administrative Appeals Tribunal for the purposes of a review of a reviewable
decision, or for the purposes of a request under subsection 41 (2) of the
Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 in respect of such a decision, the
President must ensure that each non-presidential member of the Administrative
Appeals Tribunal as so constituted is a person who, in the opinion of the
President, has special knowledge or skill in relation to life insurance
business or insurance business.

(5) A non-presidential member of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal must not
sit as a member of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for the purposes of a
review of a reviewable decision, or for the purposes of a request under
subsection 41 (2) of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 in respect
of such a decision, if he or she is a director or employee of a company or
body carrying on (whether in Australia or elsewhere) life insurance business
or insurance business.

(6) An order must not be made under subsection 41 (2) of the Administrative 
Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 in respect of a reviewable decision except by the
Administrative Appeals Tribunal.

(7) The hearing of a proceeding relating to a reviewable decision must take
place in private and the Administrative Appeals Tribunal may, by order:

   (a)  give directions as to the persons who may be present; and

   (b)  give directions of a kind referred to in paragraph 35 (2) (b) or (c)
        of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975.