(1) The information commissioner may, at the request of a participant in an external review or on the commissioner's own initiative, refer a question of law arising on an external review to QCAT.
(2) QCAT must--
(a) exercise its original jurisdiction under the QCAT Act to hear and decide the question of law referred to it under this section; and
(b) be constituted by 1 judicial member.
(3) If a question of law is referred to QCAT under this section, the commissioner must not make a decision on the external review while the reference is pending.
(4) If QCAT decides a question of law referred to it under this section, the commissioner is bound by the decision.