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CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL ACT 2013 - SECT 54
References of questions of law to Supreme Court
54 References of questions of law to Supreme Court
(1) The Tribunal (including when constituted as an Appeal Panel) may, of its
own motion or at the request of a party, refer a question of law arising in
the proceedings to the Supreme Court for the opinion of the Court.
(2)
The Tribunal may refer a question of law under this section only if the
President has consented in writing to the question being referred.
(3) The
Supreme Court has jurisdiction to hear and determine any question of law
referred to it under this section, but may decline to exercise that
jurisdiction if it considers it appropriate to do so.
(4) If a question of
law arising in proceedings has been referred to the Supreme Court under this
section, the Tribunal is not-- (a) to give a decision in the proceedings to
which the question is relevant while the reference is pending, or
(b) to
proceed in a manner, or make a decision, that is inconsistent with the opinion
of the Supreme Court on the question.
(5) Subsection (4) extends to
the Tribunal when constituted as an Appeal Panel that is determining an
internal appeal from a decision of the Tribunal in proceedings before which a
question of law has been referred by the Tribunal at first instance to the
Supreme Court under this section.
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