Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998 - SECT 53

Cabinet documents

53. Cabinet documents



(1) The Premier may certify in writing that the disclosure of information
about a specified matter, or the disclosure of any matter contained in a
document, would be contrary to the public interest because it would involve
the disclosure of deliberations of the Cabinet or a committee of the Cabinet.

(2) The Tribunal must ensure that-

   (a)  information or a document to which a certificate under subsection (1)
        applies that is lodged with or produced or given to the Tribunal in a
        proceeding for review of a decision is not disclosed to any person
        other than a member of the Tribunal as constituted for the purposes of
        the proceeding in which it was lodged, produced or given; and

   (b)  a document to which a certificate under subsection (1) applies that is
        lodged with or produced or given to the Tribunal in a proceeding for
        review of a decision is returned to the person by whom it was lodged,
        produced or given when no longer required by the Tribunal.