New South Wales Consolidated Acts

DUST DISEASES TRIBUNAL ACT 1989 - SECT 13

13 Proceedings before the Tribunal

(1) The Tribunal must hold its proceedings in open court, except to the extent that the rules provide otherwise.

(2) The President is to fix the times and places for the holding of proceedings before the Tribunal and is to nominate the member before whom proceedings are to be held.

(4) If proceedings before the Tribunal have been brought by two or more persons and those proceedings arise out of the same cause of action, the Tribunal may hear and determine those proceedings together if of the opinion that none of those persons’ cases would be prejudiced.

(5) A decision of the Tribunal is not liable:

(a) to be vitiated because of any informality or want of form, or

(b) to be questioned or appealed against in any court,

except as provided by section 32 of this Act or section 48 of the Supreme Court Act 1970 .

(6) Whenever appropriate, the Tribunal may reconsider any matter that it has previously dealt with, or rescind or amend any decision that the Tribunal has previously made.

(7) If the President is of the opinion that the balance of cost and convenience in the proceedings so requires, the President may direct that the hearing of the proceedings, or any part of the proceedings, take place outside New South Wales.