Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) The Governor may
make regulations prescribing all matters that are required or permitted by
this Act to be prescribed, or are necessary or convenient to be prescribed,
for enabling the Tribunal to exercise the jurisdiction conferred on it or
otherwise for giving effect to the purposes of this Act.
(2) Without derogating
from the generality of the power conferred by subsection (1), the regulations
may —
(a)
provide for the qualifications of persons to be eligible for appointment under
section 6, and require consultation with RWWA or other persons in relation to
the membership of the Tribunal; and
(b) in
relation to the jurisdiction of the Tribunal, provide for sittings of the
Tribunal and for security for costs to be given; and
(c)
prescribe generally as to the practice and procedure of the Tribunal,
including the power of the Chairperson or member presiding to order that
proceedings be heard in camera; and
(d)
provide for —
(i)
the manner of lodging appeals; and
(ii)
the forms to be used; and
(iii)
the fees to be paid and their application; and
(iv)
the payment of witness allowances; and
(v)
the amount that may be charged for the provision of
transcripts of evidence in proceedings the subject of an appeal;
and
(e)
provide for the enforcement of the determinations of the Tribunal; and
(f)
assign functions to the Registrar and regulate the manner in which they are to
be carried out; and
(g)
subject to any legal costs determination made under the Legal Profession
Uniform Law Application Act 2022 section 133, prescribe a scale of costs for
proceedings before the Tribunal; and
(h)
provide for the method, and periods, to be utilised in accounting for moneys
payable to or by the Tribunal.
[Section 25 amended: No. 35 of 2003 s. 190; No. 65
of 2003 s. 58(3); No. 21 of 2008 s. 695(4); No. 9 of 2022 s. 424.]