Section 79 — Administrative Review Tribunal Act 2024: Tribunal may give directions in relation to procedure for proceeding

(1) The Tribunal may, by order, give directions in relation to the procedure to be followed for a proceeding in the Tribunal. (2) The order may do any of the following: (a) require a party to the proceeding to give information or documents to the Tribunal or another party to the proceeding for the purposes of the proceeding; (b) require a party to the proceeding to give a statement of matters or contentions on which the party intends to rely in the proceeding to the Tribunal or another party to the proceeding; (c) limit the issues on which expert evidence may be given; (d) limit the number of experts to report on an issue; (e) require parties to the proceeding to appoint a single person to provide expert evidence; (f) limit the number of persons to be called to give evidence (either generally or on a specified matter); (g) limit the number of persons to appear at a dispute resolution process in relation to the proceeding; (h) require expert witnesses to give evidence at the same time; (i) limit the time for giving evidence or making oral submissions; (j) limit the length of written submissions; (k) limit the ability of a party to the proceeding to give information or documents to the Tribunal and any other party to the proceeding for the purposes of the proceeding within a period before the start of the hearing of the proceeding. (3) If the proceeding is for review of a decision, the order may require the decision-maker to give the Tribunal or another party to the proceeding a statement setting out the grounds the decision-maker considers support the decision-maker’s position in relation to the review. (4) Subsections (2) and (3) do not limit this section. (5) Section 55 (right to present case) does not prevent the Tribunal making an order under this section.