New South Wales Consolidated Acts

COMMUNITY SERVICES (COMPLAINTS, REVIEWS AND MONITORING) ACT 1993 - SECT 30

30 Representative applications

(1) The Tribunal may, on application, give leave for an application for a review of a decision to be dealt with as a representative application if it is satisfied that:

(a) 3 or more persons are entitled to apply to the Tribunal for a review of a decision arising from the same, similar or related circumstances as those to which the application relates but their joinder as appellants is impracticable, and

(b) the applicant is one of those persons and the others consent to a representative application, and

(c) the application is made in good faith, and

(d) the applicant is capable of adequately advocating the interests of the persons entitled to apply for a review, and

(e) a representative application would be to the advantage of the persons entitled to apply for a review, and

(f) a representative application would be an efficient and effective means of dealing with the claims of the persons entitled to apply for a review.

(2) The Tribunal may make orders about the making, notification, conduct and determination of a representative application.

(3) The decision of the Tribunal on a representative application is binding on the persons referred to in subsection (1) (a).