Queensland Consolidated Acts

LAND AND RESOURCES TRIBUNAL ACT 1999 - SECT 49

(1) When conducting a proceeding, the tribunal must--

(a) observe natural justice; and

(b) act as quickly, and with as little formality and technicality, as is consistent with a fair and proper consideration of the issues before it.

(2) For the proceeding, the tribunal--

(a) is not bound by the rules of evidence; and

(b) may inform itself of anything in the way it considers appropriate; and

(c) may decide the procedures to be followed for the proceeding.

(3) However, the tribunal must comply with this division and the rules.

(4) Directions about the way a proceeding is to be conducted may be given at any time--

(a) if the president has not yet given a direction about how the tribunal is to be constituted for the proceeding--by the tribunal as constituted by the president sitting alone, whether or not with a non-presiding member assisting; or

(b) if the tribunal has been constituted for the proceeding, and the tribunal is constituted by a panel--by a presiding member included in the panel; or

(c) if the tribunal has been constituted for the proceeding, and the tribunal is not constituted by a panel--by the tribunal as constituted.