Jurisdiction of the Administrative
Appeals Tribunal (AAT)
The Tribunal does not have
a general power to review any decision made under
Commonwealth legislation. The Tribunal can only review a
decision if an Act, Regulation or other legislative
instrument provides specifically that the decision is
subject to review by the Tribunal. Jurisdiction is generally
conferred by the enactment under which the original decision
was made.
The Tribunal has jurisdiction to review
decisions made under more than 400 separate Acts and legislative instruments.
This includes the Airports (Control of On-Airport Activities) Regulations 1997.
Click here for a full list.
Airports (Control of On-Airport Activities) Regulations 1997 -
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particular, the following decisions of an airport-operator company e.g
Archerfield Airport Corporation Pty Ltd are reviewable:
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To give, or refuse to give, authority to
drive airside under reg. 125;
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To give, or refuse to give, authority for
use airside under reg. 127;
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To withdraw an authority to drive airside
under reg. 133;
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To withdraw an authority for use airside
under reg. 134.
The cost of an application to the
Administrative Appeals Tribunal is currently $639. If the matter is decided in
favour of the applicant the application fee is refunded. You do not need to be
represented by a solicitor. To commence a hearing,
download (aapt_form.pdf
64kb) the AAT form and post to the local
AAT address on the form. TIME LIMIT FOR
LODGEMENT
The general rule is that an application for review of a decision must be made to
the Tribunal within 28 days after the day on which the person is notified of the
reviewable decision.
Please refer to
http://www.aat.gov.au/LegislationAndJurisdiction/TimeLimits.htm for full
details.
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