COMPENSATION COURT ACT 1984 - SECT 22 Arrangement of business of the Court

This legislation has been repealed.

COMPENSATION COURT ACT 1984 - SECT 22

22 Arrangement of business of the Court

(1) The Chief Judge is responsible for making arrangements as to whether the Court's functions are to be exercised by a Judge, commissioner or registrar, including arrangements as to the particular Judge, commissioner or registrar who is to exercise those functions.

(2) In making those arrangements, the Chief Judge should ensure that, as far as practicable:

(a) matters specified in Schedule 3 are allocated to commissioners unless the particular matter is not appropriate for determination by a commissioner, and

(b) other matters are allocated to commissioners if they are appropriate for determination by a commissioner.

(3) In deciding whether a matter is or is not appropriate for determination by a commissioner, the Chief Judge is to have regard to:

(a1) the need for proceedings to be disposed of efficiently by the Court, including the need to make full use of the commissioners, and

(a) the complex, unusual or important nature of any legal or factual issue involved, and

(b) multiplicity of parties, and

(c) the amount of compensation claimed, and

(d) any other special circumstances.

(4) The regulations may amend or substitute Schedule 3.