Tribunals Amalgamation Act 2015 (60 of 2015)

Schedule 1   Amendment of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975

Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975

149   Sections 68 and 68AA

Repeal the sections, substitute:

68 Giving documents

(1) A document or thing that is required or permitted by this Act or another enactment to be lodged with or given to the Tribunal must be lodged or given:

(a) in the manner prescribed by regulations made under this Act or the other enactment; or

(b) if those regulations do not prescribe a manner - in accordance with any direction under section 18B.

(2) A document that is required or permitted by this Act or another enactment to be given to a person for the purposes of a proceeding before the Tribunal must be given to the person:

(a) in the manner prescribed by regulations made under this Act or the other enactment; or

(b) if those regulations do not prescribe a manner - in accordance with any direction under section 18B.

(3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to the extent to which this Act or another enactment specifies how a document or thing is to be lodged with or given to the Tribunal, or given to a person, for the purposes of a proceeding before the Tribunal.

68AA President's directions

If the President gives a direction that, under this Act, is to be a written direction, a failure to give the direction in writing does not invalidate anything done in accordance with or otherwise in relation to or as a consequence of the direction.