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Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975
17BAllocation of business to Divisions
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#### 17B Allocation of business to Divisions
(1) The Tribunal’s powers in relation to a proceeding before the Tribunal are to be exercised:
(a) in the Division prescribed for such a proceeding; or
(b) if no Division is prescribed for a proceeding—in the Division that the President directs.
(2) Despite subsection (1), the following powers of the Tribunal may be exercised by the Tribunal only in the Security Division:
(a) the powers of review in respect of applications referred to in section 54 or 83B of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979;
(b) the power under the Archives Act 1983 to review a decision of the Archives in respect of access to an exempt security record.