Queensland Consolidated Acts

QUEENSLAND CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL ACT 2009 - SECT 24

24 Functions for review jurisdiction

(1) In a proceeding for a review of a reviewable decision, the tribunal may—

(a) confirm or amend the decision; or

(b) set aside the decision and substitute its own decision; or

(c) set aside the decision and return the matter for reconsideration to the decision-maker for the decision, with the directions the tribunal considers appropriate.

(2) The tribunal’s decision under subsection (1) (a) or (b) for a reviewable decision—

(a) is taken to be a decision of the decision-maker for the reviewable decision except for the tribunal’s review jurisdiction or an appeal under part 8 ; and

(b) subject to any contrary order of the tribunal, has effect from when the reviewable decision takes or took effect.

(3) The tribunal may make, to the chief executive of the entity in which the reviewable decision was made, written recommendations about the policies, practices and procedures applying to reviewable decisions of the same kind.

(4) If the tribunal makes written recommendations under subsection (3) and the chief executive is not the decision-maker for the reviewable decision, the tribunal must give a copy of the recommendations to the decision-maker.

(5) In this section—

"chief executive" includes chief executive officer.