Inquiry into the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Amendment Bill 2004
Information about the inquiry
On 1 December 2004, the Senate referred the above Bill to the Senate
Legal and Constitutional Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by
10 March 2005.
The Bill seeks to amend the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975
(the AAT Act) and related legislation to improve the capacity of the
Administrative Appeals Tribunal (the AAT) to manage its workload and ensure
that reviews are conducted as efficiently as possible.
Lodging Submissions
Submissions are
called for by 21 January 2005. Submissions become Committee
documents and are only made public after a decision by the Committee. Unauthorised release of submissions is not covered by parliamentary privilege.
Further assistance can be obtained by phoning the secretariat on (02)
6277 3560.
The Committee encourages the lodgement of submissions in electronic
form to legcon.sen@aph.gov.au.
Please ensure that a postal address and phone number is enclosed with
all email submissions.
Submissions may also be faxed to (02) 6277 5794.
Inquiries from hearing and speech impaired people should be directed to the Parliament House TTY number (02) 6277 7799. Adobe also provides tools for the blind and visually impaired to access PDF documents. These tools are available at: http://access.adobe.com/. If you require any special arrangements in order to enable you to participate in a committee inquiry, please contact the committee secretary.
For further information, contact:
Committee Secretary
Senate Standing Committees on Legal and Constitutional Affairs
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia
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