A CARS assessor under the MAC Act who has purported to issue a s.94 certificate in circumstances of jurisdictional error (including denial of procedural fairness by failing to hear part of a claim) may complete the exercise of jurisdiction by hearing the outstanding matter and issuing a valid certificate. The narrow 'obvious error' correction power in s.94(6) does not exclude this self-help remedy. The assessor is not bound to update the factual circumstances to the date of the remedial certificate but may treat the claim as it stood at the time of the original hearing.
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