Mental Health Act 2013

The President may direct the Registrar or a Tribunal staff member to – do a preliminary evaluation of any application for the purposes of this Act; and report to the Tribunal accordingly.

Without limiting subsection (1), the preliminary evaluation may extend to provisionally assessing the merits of the application, provisionally checking any claims or facts and ascertaining whether the application has any particular urgency or special features or is likely to require a hearing.

The preliminary evaluation does not bind the Tribunal in any way.

Despite the direction under subsection (1), the Registrar or Tribunal staff member may remit the matter to the President at any time (or seek directions) if the Registrar or staff member reasonably considers that – the matter may be beyond the Registrar's or Tribunal member’s competence; or a hearing may be required; or it may not, for some other reason, be an appropriate matter for preliminary evaluation.