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Merits review Many departmental decisions are reviewable on their merits.
It was established in 1999 and comprises the former Migration Internal Review Office and the Immigration Review Tribunal. These Tribunals are inquisitorial and the Department or Minister is not routinely represented before them. Its powers are adversarial and the Department is represented before it. All merits review Tribunals have the power to set aside the departmental decision and substitute in its place the decision of the Tribunal. Judicial review Judicial review involves a court looking at the way in which the decision was made to determine whether the decision-maker made any legal errors.