New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL ACT 2013 - SECT 34

34 Inter-relationship between Tribunal and Supreme Court

(1) The Supreme Court may--

(a) refuse to conduct a judicial review of an administratively reviewable decision if it is satisfied that, in all the circumstances, adequate provision is made for an internal review of the decision or an administrative review of the decision by the Tribunal under the Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 , or

(b) refuse to conduct a judicial review of a decision of an external decision-maker if it is satisfied that, in all the circumstances, adequate provision is made for the review of the decision by the Tribunal by way of an external appeal, or

(c) refuse to conduct a judicial review of a decision of the Tribunal if an internal appeal or an appeal to a court could be, or has been, lodged against the decision.

(2) This section--

(a) permits, but does not require, the Supreme Court to refuse to conduct a judicial review of a decision on a ground referred to in subsection (1), and

(b) does not limit any power that the Supreme Court has, apart from this section, to refuse to conduct a judicial review of a decision.

(3) In this section--

"internal review" of an administratively reviewable decision means an internal review of the decision conducted by or on behalf of an administrator under--

(a) the Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 , or

(b) any other Act instead of the Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 .

"judicial review" does not include an appeal to the Supreme Court under this or any other Act.