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ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS TRIBUNAL ACT 1975 - SECT 17B

Allocation of business to Divisions

  (1)   The Tribunal's powers in relation to a proceeding before the Tribunal are to be exercised:

  (a)   in the Division prescribed for such a proceeding; or

  (b)   if no Division is prescribed for a proceeding--in the Division that the President directs.

  (2)   Despite subsection   (1), the following powers of the Tribunal may be exercised by the Tribunal only in the Security Division:

  (a)   the powers of review in respect of applications referred to in section   54 or 83B of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 ;

  (b)   the power under the Archives Act 1983 to review a decision of the Archives in respect of access to an exempt security record.


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