Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Amendment No 6) Rule 2019 (NSW)

New South Wales

Civil and Administrative Tribunal

(Amendment No 6) Rule 2019

under the

Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013

The Rule Committee of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal has made the following Tribunal rule under the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013.

CATHERINE SZCZYGIELSKI Secretary of the Rule Committee

Explanatory note

The objects of this Rule are as follows—

(a)	to clarify when reasons are given for the purpose of determining when the period for making an appeal commences,
(b)	to provide that hearings are not required in circumstances where a registrar makes certain interlocutory decisions of the Tribunal,
(c)	to exclude sound recordings from records of orders made or decisions given in proceedings that are held in the Registry and which parties to proceedings may inspect.

Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Amendment No 6) Rule 2019 [NSW]

Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Amendment No 6) Rule 2019

under the

Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013

1      Name of Rule

This Rule is the Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Amendment No 6) Rule 2019.

2      Commencement

This Rule commences on the day on which it is published on the NSW legislation website.

3 Amendment of Civil and Administrative Tribunal Rules 2014

(1) Rule 25 External and internal appeals

Insert after rule 25(4)—

(4A) For the purposes of subrule (4), the day on which reasons are given is
the day on which reasons are first given, whether orally or in writing.

(2)	Rule 41 Registrars may make certain interlocutory decisions of Tribunal
Insert after rule 41(1)—

(1A)	Proceedings for a decision by a registrar under subrule (1) are prescribed for the purposes of section 50(1)(d) of the Act.
Note. Section 50(1)(d) of the Act enables the Tribunal rules to prescribe
circumstances in which hearings are not required for proceedings in the Tribunal.

(3)	Rule 42 Inspections of documents in Registry
Insert “(other than a sound recording)” after “record” in paragraph (d) of the definition of public access document in rule 42(8).