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ATTORNEY GENERAL

ACT LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

Administrative Appeals Tribunal

QUESTION NO 251

Mr Connolly- asked the Attorney General -

(1) How many matters have been dealt with by the ACT Administrative Appeals Tribunal. .

(2) What is the average time between making application and receiving a decision.

(3) What is the cost of running the ACT Administrative Appeals Tribunal.

(4) What is the cost per application.

Mr Collaery - the answer to the Members question is as follows:

(1) 72 applications have been lodged with the ACT Administrative Appeals

Tribunal between May 1989 and September 1990.

A summary of how these matters were dealt with is in Table A.

(2) Five (5) matters proceeded to a final hearing with an average time between making an application and receiving a decision of 158 days. Details are set out in Table B.

The average figure is just that - an average: it does not take account of delays introduced into the conference and hearing process by either or both parties.

(3) The ACT Administrative Appeals Tribunal came into existence in May 1989. It is run under an agency arrangement by the Commonwealth AAA. The cost of running the Tribunal for the period May 1989 - July 1990 was $139,204 which comprised a payment of $136,900 to the Commonwealth and $2,304 sitting fees for a member of the ACT Tribunal who is not a member of the Commonwealth Tribunal and who does not come under the agency agreement.

(4) The average cost per application lodged for the period ending July 1990 is $2,175.

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