Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

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Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977
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Parliament of Australia
Long title
  • An Act relating to the Review on Questions of Law of certain Administrative Decisions[1]
CitationAdministrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 (No. 59 of 1977)[2]
Royal assent16 June 1977[2]
Administered byAttorney-General for Australia[2]
Status: Current legislation

Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 is an Act of the Parliament of Australia. The Act created a way for a person or other parties affected by most[3] administrative decisions by an Australian federal department or agency of an Australian federal department to appeal the decision at the Federal Court of Australia.[4] Review of administrative decisions under the Act is limited to matters of law.[5]

Context[]

In 1989, the then president of the New South Wales Court of Appeal Michael Kirby wrote that the Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act and the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 were "probably the most adventurous and far-reaching legal reforms" to have taken place in Australia.[6] In a 2011 seminar, the then President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Garry Downes wrote that, of the reforms of administrative law in the 1970s and 1980s, (including the establishment of the Federal Court, the Commonwealth Ombudsman, and the Administrative Appeals Tribunal) the Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act was the most significant legislative work of the reform.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ "Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 - Long Title". Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 (Act No. 59 of 1977)". ComLaw. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  3. ^ http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/adra1977396/sch1.html
  4. ^ General Principles of Administrative Law (1997 ed.). Butterworths. 1997. p. 348. ISBN 0409309869. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  5. ^ "Overview of the Commonwealth System of Administrative Review". Administrative Review Council. Attorney-General for Australia. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  6. ^ General Principles of Administrative Law (1997 ed.). Butterworths. 1997. p. 347. ISBN 0409309869. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  7. ^ Garry Downes (24 March 2011). "Judicial Review - Seminar for the College of Law - Government & Administrative Law - Sydney - 24 March 2011". Administrative Appeals Tribunal. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
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