QUEENSLAND CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL ACT 2009 - SECT 139
Deciding whether to reopen
QUEENSLAND CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL ACT 2009 - SECT 139
Deciding whether to reopen
139 Deciding whether to reopen
(1) This section applies if a party (the
"applicant party" ) to a proceeding makes an application under section 138for
a proceeding to be reopened.
(2) Each party to the proceeding must be given
an opportunity to make, within the period stated in the rules, written
submissions about the application.
(3) The tribunal—
(a) must consider any
written submissions made under subsection (2) about the application; and
(b)
may decide whether or not to reopen the proceeding entirely on the basis of
documents, without a hearing or meeting of any kind.
(4) The tribunal may
grant the application only if the tribunal considers—
(b) the ground could be effectively or
conveniently dealt with by reopening the proceeding under this division,
whether or not an appeal under part 8 relating to the ground may also be
started.
(5) The tribunal’s decision on the application is final and can
not be challenged, appealed against, reviewed, set aside, or called in
question in another way, under the Judicial Review Act 1991or otherwise.