Submission in response to the Draft Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Additional Jurisdictions) Bill 2024
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Environmental Defenders Office welcomes the opportunity to provide the following brief submission in response to the Draft Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Additional Jurisdictions) Bill 2024 (Bill). The Bill’s makes a series of more substantive amendments to the Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2020 (TASCAT Act), to align the TASCAT’s powers and jurisdiction with the Administrative Division of the Magistrates Court. While EDO generally has no objection to the proposed transfer of jurisdiction to TASCAT, and is supportive of a number of the more substantive changes to the TASCAT Act, in our submission we raise several concerns about the Bill.
