THE SCOPE OF JUDICIAL REVIEW – COVER PAGE

DISCUSSION PAPER

2003

How to make comments and submissions

 You are invited to make comments and submissions in response to this discussion paper.  These should be sent to:

The Executive Director
Administrative Review Council
Robert Garran Offices
National Circuit
BARTON  ACT  2600

Phone: (02) 6250 5800
Facsimile: (02) 6250 5980
E-mail: arc.can@ag.gov.au
Internet: law.gov.au/arc

Closing date: 4 July 2003

 It would be helpful if comments addressed specific discussion points or paragraphs in the discussion paper.

Confidentiality

If you want your submission, or any part of it, to be treated as confidential, please indicate this clearly.  A request for access to a submission marked ‘confidential’ will be determined in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth).

 The Council may include in its final guideline report on this project, a list of submissions received in response to this discussion paper.  It may also refer to those submissions in the text of the report and other Council publications.  If you do not wish your submission or any part of it to be used in any of these ways, please indicate this clearly.

 © Commonwealth of Australia 2003

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ISBN:  0 642 211779

Cover designed by the Attorney-General’s Department.

Administrative Review Council

The members of the Administrative Review Council are:

• Wayne Martin QC (President)
• Justice Garry Downes AM
• Ron McLeod AM1
• Professor David Weisbrot
• Bill Blick PSM
• Christine Charles
• Robert Cornall
• Professor Robin Creyke
• Stephen Gageler SC
• Patricia Ridley

The Council acknowledges the contribution to this project of the Scope of Judicial Review sub-committee: Stephen Gageler SC (Chair), Professor Robin Creyke and Wayne Martin QC.  Justice Garry Downes AM was an observer on the sub-committee.

The Council also acknowledges the particular contribution of Margaret Harrison-Smith, Acting Executive Director, Administrative Review Council Secretariat to the development of the discussion paper.