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VICTORIAN CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL ACT 1998 - SECT 107

Dealing with questions of law

S. 107(1) amended by No. 17/2014 s. 160(Sch.  2 item 105.6(a)).

    (1)     A question of law arising in a proceeding must be decided by a judicial member or a member who is an Australian lawyer.

S. 107(2) amended by No. 17/2014 s. 160(Sch.  2 item 105.6(b)).

    (2)     If the Tribunal is constituted in a proceeding by more than one judicial member or Australian lawyer (or both), a question of law arising in the proceeding must be decided by the presiding member.

S. 107(3) amended by No. 17/2014 s. 160(Sch.  2 item 105.6(c)(i)).

    (3)     If a question of law arises in a proceeding where the Tribunal is constituted by a member or members who are not judicial members or Australian lawyers—

S. 107(3)(a) amended by No. 17/2014 s. 160(Sch.  2 item 105.6(c)(ii)).

        (a)     the question must be decided by another member who is a judicial member or Australian lawyer; and

        (b)     for that purpose only, the Tribunal in the proceeding is to be reconstituted to include that other member.

    (4)     In this section, "question of law" includes a question of mixed law and fact.

S. 108 amended by No. 14/2006 s. 25, substituted by No. 23/2014 s. 13.



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