Administrative and Judicial Review Legislation Amendment Bill 2026

Administrative Review Tribunal Act 2024

• authorise registrars to exercise additional powers, including the power to reinstate and dismiss applications
• enable the correction of obvious errors in orders issued by registrars
• clarify that the President is assigned to every jurisdictional area
• provide for additional matters to be considered when appointing non-judicial members and change the basis on which non-judicial members are appointed
• expand the class of decisions that are treated as intelligence and security decisions

Administrative Review Tribunal Act 2024 and Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

• exclude the period from 24 December to 14 January from the calculation of time for an original decision-maker to provide certain documents

Taxation Administration Act 1953

• prescribe a standardised timeframe for making certain applications to the Administrative Review Tribunal (ART) for review

Migration Act 1958

• require applications to the ART for review of certain decisions to be made using an approved form
• clarify that the ART may permit the examination or cross-examination of a person giving evidence before the tribunal
• remove the requirement to notify the secretary of dismissal decisions in certain reviews
• require identity verification for certain matters

Administrative Review Tribunal Act 2024 and Migration Act 1958

• enable the ART to give reasons for its decisions orally