Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975

S 59A(2) amended by No 3 of 2022, s 3 and Sch 1 item 58, by inserting " or to specified functions or powers " , effective 18 February 2022. For application, saving and transitional provisions, see note under s 10(2A) .

S 59A substituted by No 60 of 2015, s 3 and Sch 1 item 132, effective 1 July 2015. For transitional and saving provisions, see note under the title of the Act. S 59A formerly read:

SECTION 59A AUTHORISED MEMBERS  
59A(1)
The President may authorise a particular member to be an authorised member for the purposes of one or more specified provisions of this Act.

59A(2)
An authorisation under subsection (1), to the extent to which it relates to a particular provision of this Act, may be:

(a) general; or

(b) limited to:

(i) a particular reviewable decision or particular reviewable decisions; or

(ii) reviewable decisions included in a particular class or classes of reviewable decisions; or

(iii) a particular proceeding or particular proceedings; or

(iv) proceedings included in a particular class or classes of proceedings.

59A(3)
The President may at any time vary or revoke an authorisation under subsection (1).

59A(4)
In this section:

reviewable decision
means a decision in respect of which an application to the Tribunal for review has been, or may be, made.

S 59A inserted by No 38 of 2005. No 38 of 2005, Sch 1 [ 181] provides:

Transitional - section 59A of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975  
181(1)
This item applies to the power to make an authorisation under section 59A of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 as amended by this Schedule.

181(2)
For the purposes of section 4 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 , that power is taken to be a power to make an instrument of an administrative character.

For further transitional provisions see note under s 2A .