The Administrative Review Tribunal Amendment Rules (No. 1) 2025 introduce important changes to the Administrative Review Tribunal Rules 2024, effective from 19 December 2025.
These updates aim to streamline Tribunal processes and ensure a more efficient and flexible administrative framework.
Key Updates Include:
- Enhanced Tribunal Functionality:
The amendments enable the President of the Tribunal to authorise registrars and staff members of the Tribunal to exercise or perform additional powers or functions. This change aims to enhance the Tribunal’s ability to efficiently progress matters before they are heard by a Tribunal member.
- Changes to Limitations on Powers:
The rules now provide that limitations on the exercise of certain authorised powers or functions will be imposed by the President in the authorising instrument, rather than being prescribed in the ART Rules
- Fee Exemptions for Certain Decisions:
The amendments introduce provisions for additional decisions for which an application fee is not payable. This change is a result of the Aged Care Act 2024, which came into effect on 1 November 2025.