New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS TRIBUNAL ACT 1997 - SECT 86

86 Powers when proceedings settled

(1) The Tribunal may, at any stage of proceedings before it, make such orders (including an order dismissing the application that is the subject of the proceedings) as it thinks fit to give effect to any agreed settlement reached by the parties to the proceedings if:

(a) the terms of the agreed settlement are reduced to writing, signed by or on behalf of the parties and lodged with the Tribunal, and

(b) the Tribunal is satisfied that it would have the power to make a decision in the terms of the agreed settlement or in terms that are consistent with the terms of the agreed settlement.

(2) The Tribunal may dismiss the application that is the subject of the proceedings if it is not satisfied that it would have the power to make a decision in the terms of the agreed settlement or in terms consistent with the terms of the agreed settlement.

(3) Nothing in this section affects:

(a) the power of the Tribunal, a member or an assessor to make a determination under section 74 to which the parties to the proceedings concerned agree, or

(b) the power of the Tribunal to make any order under section 105 giving effect to any agreement or arrangement arising out of a mediation session under Part 4.