Tribunals Amalgamation Act 2015 (60 of 2015)

Schedule 1   Amendment of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975

Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975

45   Subsection 28(5)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

Inadequate statement of reasons

(5) An applicant who has been given a statement under subsection (1) may apply to the Tribunal for a declaration that the statement does not contain one or more of the following:

(a) adequate particulars of findings on material questions of fact;

(b) an adequate reference to the evidence or other material on which those findings were based;

(c) adequate particulars of the reasons for the decision.

(6) If the Tribunal makes the declaration, the person to whom the request for the statement was made must, as soon as practicable and no later than 28 days after the day the declaration was made, give the applicant an additional statement containing further and better particulars in relation to the matters specified in the declaration.