Western Australian Repealed Acts

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COAL INDUSTRY TRIBUNAL OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA ACT 1992 - SECT 15

15 .         Powers of Tribunal

        (1)         The Tribunal may, in relation to any matter before it —

            (a)         at any stage of the proceedings dismiss the matter or any part of the matter or refrain from further hearing or determining the matter if it is satisfied —

                  (i)         that the matter or part of the matter is trivial;

                  (ii)         that further proceedings are not necessary or desirable in the public interest;

                  (iii)         that the person who referred the matter to the Tribunal does not have a sufficient interest in the matter; or

                  (iv)         that for any other reason the matter or part should be dismissed or the hearing of the matter or part discontinued, as the case may be;

            (b)         proceed to hear and determine the matter or any part thereof in the absence of any party to the proceedings who has been duly summoned to appear or who has notice of the proceedings;

            (c)         sit at any time and place;

            (d)         adjourn to any time and place;

            (e)         direct any person, whether a witness or intending witness or not, to leave the place where the proceedings are being conducted;

            (f)         refer any matter to an expert and accept the report of that expert as evidence;

            (g)         allow the amendment of any proceedings on such terms as it thinks fit;

            (h)         correct, amend, or waive any error, defect or irregularity whether in substance or in form;

                  (i)         permit the intervention, on such terms as it thinks fit, of any person who, in the opinion of the Tribunal, has a sufficient interest in the matter;

            (j)         inspect any document, exhibit or other thing produced before the Tribunal, and retain it for such reasonable period as the Tribunal thinks fit, and make copies of any document or any of its contents;

            (k)         enter and inspect any mine or other place or facilities relevant to the proceedings;

            (l)         question any person who may be in a place of a kind referred to in paragraph (k) in relation to any matter or thing which is the subject of a matter before the Tribunal or is related to that matter; and

            (m)         generally give all such directions and do all such things as are necessary or expedient for the expeditious and just hearing and determination of the matter.

        (2)         The Tribunal may make such order for costs as it thinks fit.