Commonwealth Numbered Acts

COMMONWEALTH EMPLOYEES' REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1988 No. 75 of 1988 - SECT 129

129. (1) Where a person was, immediately before the commencing day, entitled
to apply to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for review of a determination
under the 1971 Act but had not made such an application before that day, Part
VI of this Act applies as if:

   (a)  the person were a claimant under this Act; and

   (b)  the reference in subsection 62 (3) to 30 days after the day on which
        the determination first came to the notice of the claimant were a
        reference to 30 days after the commencing day.

(2) Where the Commonwealth is a party to any proceedings relating to any
matter arising under the 1912 Act, the 1930 Act or the 1971 Act (including
proceedings under Part V of the 1971 Act), being proceedings instituted but
not completed before the commencing day, those proceedings may be continued on
and after that day and, where the proceedings are so continued, the relevant
authority and the Commonwealth shall be parties to those proceedings.