Section 122 — Administrative Review Tribunal Act 2024: President may refer application for review of decision to guidance and appeals panel

(1) If: (a) an application for review of a decision is made to the Tribunal (other than a guidance and appeals panel application); and (b) the President is satisfied that: (i) the application raises an issue of significance to administrative decision-making; and (ii) it is appropriate in the interests of justice that the Tribunal be constituted by the guidance and appeals panel for the purposes of the proceeding in relation to the application; the President may refer the application to the guidance and appeals panel. Note 1: The Tribunal will be constituted by the guidance and appeals panel for the purposes of the proceeding (see section 40). Note 2: If the Tribunal is already constituted for the purposes of the proceeding, it may be reconstituted (see sections 43 and 47). (2) For the purposes of subparagraph (1)(b)(ii), the President must have regard to the circumstances of the parties to the proceeding.