VICTORIAN CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL ACT 1998 - SECT 100 Method of conducting hearings
VICTORIAN CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL ACT 1998 - SECT 100
Method of conducting hearings(1) If the Tribunal thinks it appropriate, it may conduct all or part of a proceeding by means of a conference conducted using telephones, video links or any other system of telecommunication.
S. 100(2) substituted by No. 11/2021 s. 58.
(2) The Tribunal may conduct all or part of a proceeding entirely on the basis of documents, without the appearance of the parties or their representatives or witnesses, unless a party objects to all or part of the proceeding being conducted in this manner.
S. 100(3) inserted by No. 11/2021 s. 58.
(3) The Tribunal may conduct all or part of a proceeding (other than a prescribed proceeding or a prescribed class of proceeding) entirely on the basis of documents, without the appearance of the parties or their representatives or witnesses, if—
(a) a party objects to all or part of the proceeding being conducted in this manner; and
(b) the Tribunal is satisfied that the objection is not reasonable.
Note to s. 100 inserted by No. 58/2013 s. 59.
Note
The Open Courts Act 2013 governs suppression orders and closed tribunal orders generally in relation to the Tribunal.
S. 101 amended by No. 51/2000 s. 23,
repealed by No. 58/2013 s. 60.
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