EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Issued by the authority of the Attorney-General
Administrative Appeals Tribunal Amendment Act 2005
Proclamation
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal Amendment Act 2005 (the Act) amends the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 and related legislation to improve the capacity of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal to manage its workload and ensure that reviews are conducted as efficiently as possible.
The table at subsection 2(1) of the Act provides that sections 1 to 3 and items 111 and 181 of Schedule 1 to that Act commence on the day the Act receives the Royal Assent. It also provides that items 1 to 110, 112 to 180, and 182 to 236 of Schedule 1 to the Act commence on a day to be fixed by Proclamation. If any of these later provisions do not commence within a period of six months from the day the Act receives the Royal Assent, then those provisions commence on the first day after the end of that period. The Act received the Royal Assent on 1 April 2005.
The purpose of the Proclamation is to fix 16 May 2005 as the day on which items 1 to 110, 112 to 180 and 182 to 236 of Schedule 1 to the Act commence. This date has been chosen so that the Tribunal can benefit from the increased flexibility the provisions afford as soon as possible, particularly regarding the allocation of members to matters.
The Proclamation is a legislative instrument for the purposes of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003.
Consultation was unnecessary for this legislative instrument as this instrument is of a machinery nature only.