Secretary, DEECA v Hanson Construction Materials
Supreme Court of Victoria
Gorton J
26/06/2023
[2023] VSC 353
Administrative law — Tribunals — Merits review — Power of tribunal to amend documents in the proceeding — Application to review refusal to approve work plan variation — Applicant seeking to substitute work plan variation — Whether tribunal’s power to amend engaged — Whether in substance Tribunal would be reviewing original decision or making original decision — Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998 (Vic), s 127
Words and phrases — ‘amend’ — ‘document in a proceeding’ — ‘decision’
Read the judgment here.