New South Wales Consolidated Acts

TRANSPORT APPEAL BOARDS ACT 1980 - SECT 11A

11A Nature of proceedings for promotion appeals

(1) The proceedings of a Board for the purpose of hearing a promotion appeal are to be formal unless the regulations conferring the right to make the appeal provide that promotion appeals (or any class of promotion appeals) are to be heard informally.

(2) The Chairperson may, in the case of a promotion appeal that would otherwise be heard informally as provided by the regulations referred to in subsection (1), determine that the proceedings for the purpose of hearing the appeal are to be formal if the Chairperson is satisfied that there is good and sufficient reason for making such a determination.

(3) A determination of the 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.