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Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983
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#### 208 Additional complaints and allegations
208 Additional complaints and allegations
> > (1) The Tribunal may deal with one or more complaints or allegations about a person in the same proceedings.
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> > (2) The Tribunal may deal with conduct of a person as if a complaint or allegation (the additional complaint or allegation) had been made about the conduct and referred to the Tribunal if—
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> > > (a) the Tribunal is conducting proceedings under this Part in relation to a complaint or allegation against the person (the original complaint or allegation), and
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> > > (b) information about the conduct has arisen in the proceedings, and
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> > > (c) in the opinion of the Tribunal, a complaint or allegation could have been made against the person about the conduct.
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> > (3) The Tribunal may deal with the additional complaint or allegation—
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> > > (a) whether or not the additional complaint or allegation could have been made against the person instead of or in addition to the original complaint or allegation, and
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> > > (b) whether or not the additional complaint or allegation could have been made by the person who made the original complaint or allegation.
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> > (4) The Tribunal may deal with an additional complaint or allegation after an adjournment, if any, the Tribunal considers just and equitable in the circumstances.
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> > (5) The Tribunal may do one or more of the following in relation to an additional complaint or allegation—
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> > > (a) reconsider a decision under section 205 to determine proceedings on the original complaint or allegation without a hearing,
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> > > (b) recommence proceedings by way of hearing for—
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> > > > (i) the original complaint or allegation, or
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> > > > (ii) the original complaint or allegation and the additional complaint or allegation,
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> > > (c) decide, in accordance with section 205, to determine proceedings without a hearing in relation to either or both of the following—
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> > > > (i) the original complaint or allegation,
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> > > > (ii) the additional complaint or allegation.
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> **s 208:** Ins 2001 No 118, Sch 1 \[17\]. Rep 2013 No 95, Sch 1.1 \[34\]. Ins 2022 No 68, Sch 3\[4\].