The Administrative Decisions Tribunal of

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(ADT) was established in 1997 and was replaced in 2014 by the

NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal The New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT) is a civil law and administrative law tribunal in New South Wales established by statute on 1 January 2014. It replaced and aggregated the matters of a number of disparate tribunals. ...

(NCAT). It did not have general jurisdiction, but had various jurisdictions conferred by particular statutes. It was responsible for reviewing decisions of some

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departments, for hearing discrimination complaints referred by the President of the

Anti-Discrimination Board, for hearing complaints about professional misconduct and for hearing disputes over commercial leases. It consisted of an Appeal Panel, a General Division and five specialist Divisions: Community Services Division (previously the

Community Services Appeals Tribunal The Community Services Appeal Tribunal was an independent tribunal established in the State of New South Wales to deal with breaches of community welfare legislation, as well as handling appeals against licensing decisions in respect of child care ...

), Revenue Division, Equal Opportunity Division, Retail Leases Division and Legal Services Division. The Internal Appeal Panel heard appeals from the Divisions and an External Appeal Panel heard appeals from other bodies. The Tribunal was conducted in a less formal manner than a court and was presided over by either a single member or a panel of three members (depending on the Division). Access was cheaper than to a court and in some cases free of charge. As with other tribunals in

, the ADT encouraged parties to negotiate their own resolution through mediation prior to any hearing. The resolution devised by the parties could then be made official at the hearing by a member of the Tribunal. If this failed, the Tribunal could make a decision which would be legally binding upon the parties.

External links

Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 (NSW); formerly Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 (NSW)

Civil and Administrative Triibunal Amendment Act 2013 (NSW)
Former New South Wales courts and tribunals New South Wales Administrative Decisions Tribunal Courts and tribunals established in 1997 Courts and tribunals disestablished in 2013 1997 establishments in Australia {{Australia-law-stub