Western Australian Current Acts

LAND ADMINISTRATION ACT 1997 - SECT 226

226.         Constitution of SAT for compensation claims

        (1)         Except as otherwise stated in this section, when the State Administrative Tribunal is dealing with a claim for compensation under this Part, it is to be constituted by —

            (a)         a judicial member or a senior member who is a qualified person; and

            (b)         the person appointed as an assessor by the claimant; and

            (c)         the person appointed as an assessor by the acquiring authority.

        (2)         If the claimant and the acquiring authority agree in writing, the State Administrative Tribunal may be constituted solely by a judicial member or a senior member who is a qualified person.

        (3)         The agreement may be limited according to who is to be the member by whom the State Administrative Tribunal is to be constituted.

        (4)         When dealing with an application under section 222(1), the State Administrative Tribunal is to be constituted by a judicial member or a senior member who is a qualified person.

        [Section 226 inserted: No. 55 of 2004 s. 555.]