Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS TRIBUNAL ACT 1975 - SECT 14

             (1)  Where a member is, or is to be, a member of the Tribunal as constituted for the purposes of a proceeding and he or she has or acquires any interest, pecuniary or otherwise, that could conflict with the proper performance of his or her functions in relation to that proceeding:

                     (a)  he or she shall disclose the interest to the parties to the proceeding; and

                     (b)  except with the consent of all the parties to the proceeding, he or she shall not take part in the proceeding or exercise any powers in relation to the review by the Tribunal of the decision to which the proceeding relates.

             (2)  Where the President becomes aware that a member is, or is to be, a member of the Tribunal as constituted for the purposes of a proceeding and that the member has in relation to that proceeding such an interest as is mentioned in subsection (1):

                     (a)  if the President considers that the member should not take part, or should not continue to take part, in the proceeding--he or she shall give a direction to the member accordingly; or

                     (b)  in any other case--he or she shall cause the interest of the member to be disclosed to the parties to the proceeding.