ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS TRIBUNAL ACT 1997

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ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS TRIBUNAL ACT 1997 - NOTES

- As at 1 October 2009 - Act 76 of 1997

Note to Part 1A

Chapter 6 also contains procedural provisions in relation to external appeals.

Does not include amendments by:

Government Information (Public Access) (Consequential Amendments and Repeal) Act 2009 No 54 (not commenced)

Reprint history:

Reprint No 1   24 August 1999
Reprint No 2   21 August 2001
Reprint No 3   15 June 2004
Reprint No 4   14 March 2006
Reprint No 5   10 February 2009

Historical notes

The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:

Am	amended	LW	legislation website	Sch	Schedule
Cl	clause	No	number	Schs	Schedules
Cll	clauses	p	page	Sec	section
Div	Division	pp	pages	Secs	sections
Divs	Divisions	Reg	Regulation	Subdiv	Subdivision
GG	Government Gazette	Regs	Regulations	Subdivs	Subdivisions
Ins	inserted	Rep	repealed	Subst	substituted

Table of amending instruments

Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 No 76. Assented to 10.7.1997. Date of commencement, so much of Sch 1 as relates to the Community Services Division and Part 1 of Sch 2 excepted, 6.10.1998, sec 2 and GG No 143 of 2.10.1998, p 7891; date of commencement of so much of Sch 1 as relates to the Community Services Division and Part 1 of Sch 2, 1.1.1999, sec 2 and GG No 178 of 24.12.1998, p 9945. This Act has been amended as follows:

1997	No 98	Public Notaries Act 1997. Assented to 18.11.1997. Date of commencement, 26.6.1998, sec 2 and GG No 97 of 26.6.1998, p 4428.
	No 141	Courts Legislation Further Amendment Act 1997. Assented to 17.12.1997. Date of commencement of Sch 1.1, 6.10.1998, sec 2 and GG No 143 of 2.10.1998, p 7893.
	No 157	Security Industry Act 1997. Assented to 19.12.1997. Date of commencement, 1.7.1998, sec 2 and GG No 87 of 29.5.1998, p 3915.
1998	No 48	Administrative Decisions Tribunal Legislation Amendment Act 1998. Assented to 29.6.1998. Date of commencement of Sch 1 [1]-[3] and [6]-[8], 6.10.1998, sec 2 and GG No 143 of 2.10.1998, p 7892; date of commencement of Sch 1 [4] [5] and [9], 1.1.1999, sec 2 and GG No 178 of 24.12.1998, p 9948.
	No 111	Tow Truck Industry Act 1998. Assented to 9.11.1998. Sch 3.1 was not commenced and was repealed by the Tow Truck Industry Amendment Act 2007 No 54.
	No 156	Administrative Decisions Tribunal Legislation Further Amendment Act 1998. Assented to 14.12.1998. Date of commencement of Sch 1 [1]-[20] and [25]-[30], assent, sec 2 (2); Sch 1 [21]-[24] were not commenced and the Act was repealed by the Administrative Decisions Tribunal Amendment Act 2008 No 77.
	No 169	Retail Leases Amendment Act 1998. Assented to 14.12.1998. Date of commencement of Sch 2.1, except Sch 2.1 [2] to the extent that it inserts cll 3 (2) and 4 of Part 3B of Sch 2, 1.3.1999, sec 2 and GG No 25 of 26.2.1999, p 978; date of commencement of Sch 2.1 [2] to the extent that it inserts cll 3 (2) and 4 of Part 3B of Sch 2, 12.10.2001, sec 2 and GG No 156 of 12.10.2001, p 8501.
1999	No 85	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1999. Assented to 3.12.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 2.2, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 94	Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sentencing) Act 1999. Assented to 8.12.1999. Date of commencement of sec 7 and Sch 5, 1.1.2000, sec 2 (1) and GG No 144 of 24.12.1999, p 12184.
2000	No 33	Administrative Decisions Tribunal Legislation Amendment Act 2000. Assented to 14.6.2000. Date of commencement, 30.6.2000, sec 2 and GG No 81 of 30.6.2000, p 5351.
	No 72	Administrative Decisions Tribunal Legislation Amendment (Revenue) Act 2000. Assented to 17.10.2000. Date of commencement, 1.7.2001, sec 2 and GG No 103 of 29.6.2001, p 4435.
	No 97	Law and Justice Foundation Act 2000. Assented to 13.12.2000. Date of commencement, 22.12.2000, sec 2 and GG No 168 of 22.12.2000, p 13463.
2001	No 53	Legal Profession Amendment (Disciplinary Provisions) Act 2001. Assented to 17.7.2001. Date of commencement of Sch 2.1, 22.11.2002, sec 2 and GG No 225 of 22.11.2002, p 9792.
	No 121	Justices Legislation Repeal and Amendment Act 2001. Assented to 19.12.2001. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 7.7.2003, sec 2 and GG No 104 of 27.6.2003, p 5978.
2002	No 7	Courts Legislation Amendment Act 2002. Assented to 17.4.2002. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
	No 53	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2002. Assented to 4.7.2002. Date of commencement of Sch 2.1, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 99	Courts Legislation Miscellaneous Amendments Act 2002. Assented to 29.11.2002. Date of commencement of Sch 3, 20.12.2002, sec 2 (1) and GG No 263 of 20.12.2002, p 10739.
	No 119	Guardianship and Protected Estates Legislation Amendment Act 2002. Assented to 12.12.2002. Date of commencement, 28.2.2003, sec 2 and GG No 54 of 28.2.2003, p 3505.
2003	No 3	Conveyancers Licensing Act 2003. Assented to 28.5.2003. Date of commencement of Sch 2.1, 15.12.2006, sec 2 (1) and GG No 175 of 8.12.2006, p 10388.
	No 19	Lotteries and Art Unions Amendment Act 2003. Assented to 7.7.2003. Date of commencement, 1.12.2003, sec 2 and GG No 186 of 28.11.2003, p 10759.
	No 87	Veterinary Practice Act 2003. Assented to 5.12.2003. Date of commencement of Sch 3.1, 1.9.2006, sec 2 (1) and GG No 111 of 1.9.2006, p 7064.
	No 89	Architects Act 2003. Assented to 10.12.2003. Date of commencement, 30.6.2004, sec 2 and GG No 104 of 25.6.2004, p 4382.
2004	(584)	Administrative Decisions Tribunal (General) Regulation 2004. GG No 138 of 27.8.2004, p 6687. Date of commencement, 1.9.2004, cl 2. Amended by Administrative Decisions Tribunal (General) Amendment (Revenue Division) Regulation 2005 (420). GG No 102 of 12.8.2005, p 4310. Date of commencement, on gazettal.
	No 79	Anti-Discrimination Amendment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004. Assented to 26.10.2004. Date of commencement, 2.5.2005, sec 2 and GG No 50 of 29.4.2005, p 1529.
	No 81	Administrative Decisions Tribunal Amendment Act 2004. Assented to 3.11.2004. Date of commencement of Sch 1, 1.1.2005, sec 2 (1) and GG No 200 of 17.12.2004, p 9302.
	No 112	Legal Profession Act 2004. Assented to 21.12.2004. Date of commencement, 1.10.2005, sec 2 and GG No 105 of 19.8.2005, p 4570.
2005	No 31	Courts Legislation Amendment Act 2005. Assented to 15.6.2005. Date of commencement of Sch 1, assent, sec 2 (1).
	No 46	Legal Profession Amendment Act 2005. Assented to 23.6.2005. Date of commencement, 1.10.2005, sec 2 and GG No 105 of 19.8.2005, p 4571.
	No 108	Commission for Children and Young People Amendment Act 2005. Assented to 7.12.2005. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 2.1.2007, sec 2 and GG No 192 of 29.12.2006, p 11959.
	No 111	State Revenue Legislation Further Amendment Act 2005. Assented to 7.12.2005. Date of commencement of Sch 8, assent, sec 2 (1).
2006	No 30	Legal Profession Amendment Act 2006. Assented to 26.5.2006. Date of commencement of Sch 9, 2.6.2006, sec 2 and GG No 72 of 2.6.2006, p 3730.
	No 116	Legal Profession Further Amendment Act 2006. Assented to 4.12.2006. Date of commencement of Sch 3, 1.7.2007, sec 2 and GG No 72 of 1.6.2007, p 3051.
2007	No 56	Courts Legislation Amendment Act 2007. Assented to 15.11.2007. Date of commencement of Sch 1, 14.12.2007, sec 2 (3) and GG No 182 of 14.12.2007, p 9537.
	No 94	Miscellaneous Acts (Local Court) Amendment Act 2007. Assented to 13.12.2007. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 6.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (314) LW 3.7.2009.
2008	No 77	Administrative Decisions Tribunal Amendment Act 2008. Assented to 28.10.2008. Date of commencement of Sch 1 [1]-[46] [52] [53] [55] and [56], 1.1.2009, sec 2 (1) and GG No 158 of 19.12.2008, p 12299; date of commencement of Sch 1 [47]-[51] and [54], 17.11.2008, sec 2 (1) and GG No 147 of 14.11.2008, p 10928; date of commencement of Sch 1 [57] and [58], assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 107	Courts and Crimes Legislation Further Amendment Act 2008. Assented to 8.12.2008. Date of commencement of Sch 1, assent, sec 2 (1).
	No 116	Combat Sports Act 2008. Assented to 10.12.2008. Date of commencement, 1.10.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (469) LW 18.9.2009.
2009	No 37	Courts and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2009. Assented to 19.6.2009. Date of commencement of Sch 1.1, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 49	NSW Trustee and Guardian Act 2009. Assented to 26.6.2009. Date of commencement, 1.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (305) LW 1.7.2009.
	No 56	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009. Assented to 1.7.2009. Date of commencement of Sch 4, 17.7.2009, sec 2 (1).

Table of amendments

Sec 4	Am 1997 No 141, Sch 1.1 [1]; 1998 No 156, Sch 1 [1] [2]; 2002 No 119, Sch 3 [1]-[3]; 2005 No 46, Sch 11.1 [1].
Sec 8	Am 2008 No 77, Sch 1 [1].
Sec 10	Am 2008 No 77, Sch 1 [2].
Sec 14	Am 2008 No 107, Sch 1.
Sec 14A	Ins 1998 No 48, Sch 1 [1]. Am 2002 No 53, Sch 2.1 [1].
Sec 16	Am 1998 No 156, Sch 1 [3]-[6].
Sec 17	Am 1998 No 48, Sch 1 [2] [3]; 2002 No 7, Sch 7; 2005 No 46, Sch 11.1 [2] [3].
Sec 19, note	Subst 2002 No 53, Sch 2.1 [2].
Sec 21	Am 1998 No 156, Sch 1 [7].
Sec 22	Am 2002 No 119, Sch 3 [4]-[10]; 2009 No 49, Sch 2.1 [1].
Sec 24	Am 2000 No 33, Sch 1 [1]; 2002 No 119, Sch 3 [11] [12].
Sec 24A	Ins 2004 No 81, Sch 1 [1]. Am 2008 No 77, Sch 1 [3]-[5].
Sec 25	Am 1998 No 156, Sch 1 [8].
Sec 26	Am 2008 No 77, Sch 1 [6].
Sec 27	Am 2008 No 77, Sch 1 [7].
Sec 28	Am 1998 No 156, Sch 1 [9].
Sec 36	Am 2004 No 79, Sch 3.2 [1].
Sec 41	Am 2008 No 77, Sch 1 [8].
Sec 42	Am 1997 No 141, Sch 1.1 [2].
Sec 44	Am 2008 No 77, Sch 1 [9] [10].
Sec 47	Am 2008 No 77, Sch 1 [11].
Sec 53	Am 1997 No 141, Sch 1.1 [3]; 2000 No 33, Sch 1 [2]-[9]; 2008 No 77, Sch 1 [12].
Sec 55	Am 1997 No 141, Sch 1.1 [4]-[6]. Subst 2008 No 77, Sch 1 [13].
Sec 57	Am 2008 No 77, Sch 1 [14]-[16].
Sec 58	Am 1997 No 141, Sch 1.1 [7]; 2008 No 77, Sch 1 [17].
Sec 67	Am 1998 No 156, Sch 1 [10]-[13]; 2002 No 119, Sch 3 [13]-[15]; 2008 No 77, Sch 1 [18].
Sec 68	Am 2002 No 119, Sch 3 [16] [17].
Sec 69	Am 2002 No 119, Sch 3 [18].
Sec 71	Am 2002 No 119, Sch 3 [19]; 2008 No 77, Sch 1 [19]-[21]; 2009 No 49, Sch 2.1 [1].
Sec 72	Am 1998 No 156, Sch 1 [14]; 2002 No 119, Sch 3 [20].
Sec 72A	Ins 2002 No 119, Sch 3 [21].
Sec 73	Am 1997 No 141, Sch 1.1 [8]; 1998 No 156, Sch 1 [15]; 2008 No 77, Sch 1 [22].
Sec 73A	Ins 2000 No 33, Sch 1 [10].
Sec 74	Am 1998 No 156, Sch 1 [16]; 2008 No 77, Sch 1 [23] [24].
Sec 75	Am 2000 No 33, Sch 1 [11] [12].
Sec 79A	Ins 2008 No 77, Sch 1 [25].
Sec 82A	Ins 1997 No 141, Sch 1.1 [9].
Sec 84	Am 2008 No 77, Sch 1 [26]-[28].
Sec 86	Am 2008 No 77, Sch 1 [29]-[31].
Sec 86A	Ins 2008 No 77, Sch 1 [32].
Sec 88	Am 2005 No 46, Sch 11.1 [4]; 2008 No 77, Sch 1 [33].
Sec 90	Am 2002 No 119, Sch 3 [22].
Sec 91A	Ins 2007 No 56, Sch 1 [1]. Am 2009 No 56, Sch 4.2.
Sec 93	Am 2008 No 77, Sch 1 [34].
Sec 97	Rep 2008 No 77, Sch 1 [35].
Sec 98	Rep 2008 No 77, Sch 1 [36].
Sec 102	Am 2008 No 77, Sch 1 [37] [38].
Sec 104	Am 2008 No 77, Sch 1 [39].
Sec 105	Am 2007 No 56, Sch 1 [2]; 2008 No 77, Sch 1 [40].
Sec 107	Am 2007 No 56, Sch 1 [3] [4].
Chapter 7, heading	Am 2002 No 119, Sch 3 [23].
Chapter 7, Part 1, heading	Am 2002 No 119, Sch 3 [24].
Sec 112	Am 2002 No 119, Sch 3 [25].
Sec 113	Am 2002 No 119, Sch 3 [26]; 2004 No 81, Sch 1 [2]; 2008 No 77, Sch 1 [41]; 2009 No 37, Sch 1.1 [1]-[4].
Sec 114	Am 2008 No 77, Sch 1 [42].
Chapter 7, Part 1A	Ins 2002 No 119, Sch 3 [27].
Sec 118A	Ins 2002 No 119, Sch 3 [27]. Am 2009 No 49, Sch 2.1 [1].
Sec 118B	Ins 2002 No 119, Sch 3 [27].
Sec 118C	Ins 2002 No 119, Sch 3 [27]. Am 2008 No 77, Sch 1 [43].
Sec 118D	Ins 2002 No 119, Sch 3 [27].
Sec 119	Am 2002 No 99, Sch 3.1; 2002 No 119, Sch 3 [28].
Sec 126	Am 2000 No 33, Sch 1 [13]; 2002 No 119, Sch 3 [29]; 2009 No 49, Sch 2.1 [1] [2].
Sec 138	Am 1998 No 156, Sch 1 [17]; 2002 No 119, Sch 3 [30].
Sec 143	Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.4; 2007 No 94, Sch 2.
Sec 145	Am 1998 No 156, Sch 1 [18]-[20]; 2008 No 77, Sch 1 [44].
Sch 1	Am 1998 No 169, Sch 2.1 [1]; 2000 No 72, Sch 1 [1].
Sch 2	Am 1997 No 98, Sch 2 [1] [2]; 1997 No 157, Sch 1; 1998 No 48, Sch 1 [4] [5]; 1998 No 169, Sch 2.1 [2]; 1999 No 85, Sch 2.2 [1] [2]; 2000 No 33, Sch 1 [14]; 2000 No 97, Sch 4.1; 2000 No 72, Sch 1 [2]; 2001 No 53, Sch 2.1; 2002 No 119, Sch 3 [31] [32]; 2003 No 3, Sch 2.1 [1]-[6]; 2003 No 19, Sch 2.1; 2003 No 87, Sch 3.1 [1]-[5]; 2003 No 89, Sch 2.1; 2004 (584), cl 13 (am 2005 (420), Sch 1 [1]); 2004 No 79, Sch 3.2 [2] [3]; 2004 No 112, Sch 6.1; 2005 No 31, Sch 1 [1]; 2005 No 46, Sch 11.1 [5]-[16]; 2005 No 108, Sch 2.1; 2005 No 111, Sch 8; 2006 No 116, Sch 3.1; 2008 No 77, Sch 1 [45]-[53]; 2008 No 116, Sch 2.1 [1] [2]; 2009 No 49, Sch 2.1 [2].
Sch 3	Am 1997 No 141, Sch 1.1 [10] [11]; 1998 No 48, Sch 1 [6] [7]; 1998 No 156, Sch 1 [25]; 1999 No 94, sec 7 (3) and Sch 5, Part 3; 2000 No 33, Sch 1 [15]; 2008 No 77, Sch 1 [54] [55].
Sch 4	Am 2008 No 77, Sch 1 [56].
Sch 5	Am 1997 No 141, Sch 1.1 [12]-[14]; 1998 No 48, Sch 1 [8] [9]; 1998 No 156, Sch 1 [26]-[30]; 1998 No 169, Sch 2.1 [3]; 2000 No 33, Sch 1 [16] [17]; 2000 No 72, Sch 1 [3] [4]; 2002 No 119, Sch 3 [33]; 2004 No 81, Sch 1 [3] [4]; 2005 No 31, Sch 1 [2] [3]; 2005 No 46, Sch 11.1 [17] [18]; 2006 No 30, Sch 9.2; 2008 No 77, Sch 1 [57] [58]; 2009 No 37, Sch 1.1 [5].