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Changes to decision notification arrangements

There will be changes in the way Tribunal decisions are notified from Monday 27 October 2008. Amendments to the Migration Act which take effect from that day will remove the requirement to hand down decisions. Rather than receiving an invitation to attend the Tribunal to receive a copy of the decision, applicants will be sent a copy of the decision as soon as it is made. This means that applicants will receive their decisions several weeks earlier than is presently the case.

Please note that the Tribunals will continue to issue invitations to attend the handing down of decisions up to 24 October 2008, and that handing down sessions for these cases will continue until mid November 2008.

Principal Member Direction 1/2008 - Caseload and Constitution Policy

Principal Member Direction 1/2008 in effect from 14 July 2008.