State Administrative Tribunal Act 2004

State Administrative Tribunal Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2026

 

 

State Administrative Tribunal Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2026

Contents

1.Citation1

2.Commencement1

3.Regulations amended1

4.Regulation 8 amended1

5.Part 4 heading replaced2

Part 4 — Savings, transitional and other provisions

Division 1 — State Administrative Tribunal Act 2004

6.Part 4 Division 2 heading inserted2

Division 2 — State Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction) Amendment and Repeal Act 2004

7.Part 5 heading deleted2

8.Part 4 Division 3 inserted2

Division 3 — Liquor Control Amendment Act 2025

64.Transitional provision2

 

State Administrative Tribunal Act 2004

State Administrative Tribunal Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2026

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.Citation

These regulations are the State Administrative Tribunal Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2026.

2.Commencement

These regulations come into operation as follows —

(a)regulations 1 and 2 — on the day on which these regulations are published on the WA legislation website;

(b)the rest of the regulations — on 1 July 2026.

3.Regulations amended

These regulations amend the State Administrative Tribunal Regulations 2004.

4.Regulation 8 amended

In regulation 8(4) after “specified” insert:

 

in

 

5.Part 4 heading replaced

Delete the heading to Part 4 and insert:

 

Part 4 — Savings, transitional and other provisions

Division 1 — State Administrative Tribunal Act 2004

 

6.Part 4 Division 2 heading inserted

After regulation 33 insert:

 

Division 2 — State Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction) Amendment and Repeal Act 2004

 

7.Part 5 heading deleted

Delete the heading to Part 5.

8.Part 4 Division 3 inserted

After regulation 63 insert:

 

Division 3 — Liquor Control Amendment Act 2025

64.Transitional provision

(1)A devolved matter transferred from the Liquor Commission to the Tribunal under section 167 of the Act is taken to have been commenced in the Tribunal.

(2)The Tribunal may have regard to any record of proceedings before the Liquor Commission, including a record of any evidence taken in the proceedings before the Liquor Commission.

(3)Anything done or omitted to be done in relation to the matter by a party or other person before 1 July 2026 under or in accordance with the procedure of the Liquor Commission is taken, as far as possible, to have been done or omitted under or in accordance with the procedure of the Tribunal.

(4)If, immediately before 1 July 2026, the Liquor Control Act 1988 fixed a time for commencing proceedings in relation to a devolved matter (the time for making an application) —

(a)the time for making an application continues to apply on or after 1 July 2026 in relation to any application that could have been made before that day; and

(b)unless the contrary intention appears, nothing in the Act or the Liquor Control Act 1988 has the effect of extending or abridging the time for making an application; and

(c)the time for making an application may be extended or abridged on or after 1 July 2026 by the Tribunal in accordance with any provision in the Liquor Control Act 1988 that applied to that application immediately before 1 July 2026 as if that provision had not been amended or repealed by the Liquor Control Amendment Act 2025.

 

A. O’SULLIVAN, Clerk of the Executive Council

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