New South Wales Consolidated Acts

GOVERNMENT AND RELATED EMPLOYEES APPEAL TRIBUNAL ACT 1980 - SECT 35

35 Sittings relating to promotions appeals

(1) Except as provided by subsection (2), a sitting of the Tribunal for the purpose of hearing an appeal under section 20 shall be informal.

(2) A sitting of the Tribunal for the purpose of hearing an appeal under section 20 shall be formal if the Senior Chairperson or presiding Chairperson, being satisfied that there is good and sufficient reason for the sitting to be formal, so determines.

(3) A determination of the Senior Chairperson or presiding Chairperson for the purposes of subsection (2) may be made on his or her own motion or on the application of a party to the appeal.

(4) An application referred to in subsection (3) may be made before or at any time during the hearing.