Queensland Consolidated Acts

QUEENSLAND CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL ACT 2009 - SECT 21

21 Decision-maker must help tribunal

(1) In a proceeding for the review of a reviewable decision, the decision-maker for the reviewable decision must use his or her best endeavours to help the tribunal so that it can make its decision on the review.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1) , the decision-maker must provide the following to the tribunal within a reasonable period of not more than 28 days after the decision-maker is given a copy of the application for the review under section 37 —

(a) a written statement of the reasons for the decision;

(b) any document or thing in the decision-maker’s possession or control that may be relevant to the tribunal’s review of the decision.

(3) If the tribunal considers there are additional documents or things in the decision-maker’s possession or control that may be relevant to the tribunal’s review of the reviewable decision, the tribunal may, by written notice, require the decision-maker to provide the documents or things.

(4) If the tribunal considers the statement of reasons given under subsection (2) (a) is not adequate, the tribunal may, by written notice, require the decision-maker to give the tribunal an additional statement containing stated further particulars.

(5) The decision-maker must comply with a notice given under subsection (3) or (4) within the period stated in the notice.

(6) A requirement under this section that the decision-maker give the tribunal information or a document or other thing applies despite any provision in an Act prohibiting or restricting the disclosure of the information or the information contained in the document or thing.

Notes—

1 Under section 66 , the tribunal may make an order prohibiting the publication of the information, or the information contained in the document or thing, other than in the way and to the persons stated in the order.

2 Under section 90 (2) , the tribunal may direct a hearing, or a part of a hearing, in which the information, or information contained in the document or thing, is disclosed to be held in private.