Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00141:section:59
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00141
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 59
Character Range: 85487–86494

59  Attorney‑General of the Commonwealth may become a party

Becoming a party
 (1) If the Attorney‑General of the Commonwealth gives written notice to the Tribunal that the Attorney‑General wishes to be a party to a proceeding in the Tribunal, the Attorney‑General is a party to the proceeding.

Ceasing to be a party
 (2) If:
 (a) the Attorney‑General of the Commonwealth is a party to a proceeding because of a notice under subsection (1); and
 (b) the Attorney‑General gives written notice to the Tribunal that the Attorney‑General wishes to cease being a party to the proceeding;
the Attorney‑General ceases being a party to the proceeding.

Costs
 (3) If the Attorney‑General of the Commonwealth is a party to a proceeding because of a notice under subsection (1), the Attorney‑General may authorise the Commonwealth to pay another party to the proceeding any costs that the Attorney‑General considers the party reasonably incurred as a result of the Attorney‑General being a party to the proceeding.