Contents (1980 - 39)
Government and Related Employees Appeal Tribunal Act 1980 No 39
Status information

Long title

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Name of Act
2 Commencement
3 (Repealed)
4 Definitions

Part 2 Government and Related Employees Appeal Tribunal

5 The Tribunal
6 Functions of the Tribunal
7 Senior Chairperson
8 Term of office of Senior Chairperson
9 Acting Senior Chairperson
10 Chairperson
11 Term of office of Chairperson
12 Provisions relating to the offices of Senior Chairperson, Acting Senior Chairperson and Chairperson
13 Constitution of the Tribunal
14 Employers’ representatives
15 Employees’ representatives
16 Provisions relating to the nomination of employers’ representatives and employees’ representatives
17 Sittings of the Tribunal
18 Registrar and other staff of the Tribunal

Part 3 Appeals to the Tribunal

Division 1 Promotions appeals

19 Publication of notices
20 Right of appeal
21 Excluded circumstances
22 Effect of failure to notify vacancy

Division 2 Disciplinary appeals

23 Notice of certain decisions etc
24 Right of appeal
25 Alternative rights of appeal
26 Appealable decisions may be carried into effect despite right of appeal
27 (Repealed)

Division 3 Procedures relating to the making of appeals

28 Notice of appeal
29 Time for lodging appeal
30 Appointment of agents
31 Arrangements for hearing appeals
32 Notification of arrangements
33 Selection of persons to act in place of certain members

Part 4 Hearing of appeals

Division 1 Formal and informal sittings of the Tribunal

34 Nature of sittings of the Tribunal
35 Sittings relating to promotions appeals
36 Sittings relating to disciplinary appeals
36A Conciliation of disciplinary appeals
37 Provisions relating to informal sittings
38 Provisions relating to formal sittings

Division 2 General powers of the Tribunal

39 Procedure at sittings of the Tribunal
40 Chairperson
41 Votes of members
42 Order of presentation of cases
43 Evidence
44 Discovery of documents, attendance of witnesses etc
45 Administration of oath
46 Adjournment
47 Lapsing of appeal and dismissal of proceedings
47A Termination of listing
48 Decisions with respect to appeals
48A Orders by Tribunal with respect to payment of salary and continuity of employment
48B Reconstitution of Tribunal during hearing
49 Transcripts of proceedings
50 Application of Defamation Act 2005 to proceedings of Tribunal
51 Offences relating to secrecy of information
52 Authentication of documents
53 Judicial notice of certain signatures

Part 5 Appeals from the Tribunal

54 Appeal to Supreme Court on point of law
55 Time for making appeal etc
56 Determination of question of law

Part 6 Miscellaneous

57 Service of notices
58 Repeals
59 Savings, transitional and other provisions
60 Regulations

 Schedule 1 Provisions relating to the offices of Senior Chairperson, Acting Senior Chairperson and Chairperson

 Schedule 2 Provisions relating to the nomination of employers’ representatives and employees’ representatives

 Schedule 3 Associations of employees

 Schedule 4 Employing authorities

 Schedule 5 Repeals

 Schedule 6 Savings, transitional and other provisions

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