CMGT and District Registrar, Administrative Appeals Tribunal

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) considered an application by CMGT concerning a decision by the District Registrar. The dispute centred on CMGT's alleged non-compliance with Tribunal directions, specifically its failure to provide complete banking records, which impacted the Registrar's assessment of whether paying the full filing fee would cause undue hardship.

The primary legal issue before the Tribunal was whether CMGT had demonstrated that payment of the full filing fee would impose undue hardship, given its persistent non-compliance with the Tribunal's directions and its failure to furnish the requested banking information.

Senior Member B J Illingworth reasoned that CMGT had been afforded ample opportunity to provide the necessary information to the Tribunal but had failed to do so. Consequently, the Tribunal was not satisfied that the requirement to pay the full filing fee would cause CMGT undue hardship. The decision under review, which affirmed the Registrar's assessment, was therefore upheld.