Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997

The Community Services Appeals Tribunal is abolished on the commencement of Schedule 1.6 [6] to the amending Act.

On the abolition of the Community Services Appeals Tribunal:

the person holding office as President of the Tribunal immediately before its abolition is by this Act:

appointed as a part-time Deputy President of the ADT, and

appointed as the Divisional Head of the Community Services Division of the ADT, and

the person holding office as Deputy President of the Tribunal immediately before its abolition is by this Act:

appointed as a part-time non-presidential judicial member of the ADT, and

assigned to the Community Services Division of the ADT, and

any other person who was holding office as a member of the Tribunal immediately before its abolition is by this Act:

appointed as a part-time non-judicial member of the ADT, and

assigned to the Community Services Division of the ADT.

Any such person who was holding office for a specified term is taken to have been appointed to the new office for the balance of that term of office.

A reference in another Act (other than the amending Act), in an instrument made under an Act or in any document to the Community Services Appeals Tribunal is to be read as a reference to the ADT constituted in accordance with any applicable provisions of Schedule 2 to this Act relating to the Community Services (Complaints, Appeals and Monitoring) Act 1993.