STATE ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL ACT 2004 - SECT 36

STATE ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL ACT 2004 - SECT 36

36 .         Who are parties to proceedings

        (1)         A person is a party to a proceeding before the Tribunal if the person is —

            (a)         the applicant; or

            (b)         a person joined under section 38 as a party to the proceeding; or

            (c)         a person intervening in the proceeding; or

            (d)         specified by this Act or the enabling Act to be a party to the proceeding.

        (2)         If the proceeding is in the Tribunal’s original jurisdiction, anyone else in respect of whom a decision of the Tribunal is sought is also a party.

        (3)         In a proceeding dealing with a decision of a vocational regulatory body or a matter brought before the Tribunal by a vocational regulatory body or by another person under a vocational Act, a person affected by or the subject of the decision or matter is also a party.

        (4)         If the proceeding is in the Tribunal’s review jurisdiction, the decision-maker is also a party.

        (5)         In a proceeding to which a decision-maker is a party, the official description rather than the personal name of the decision-maker is to be used so far as is practicable.