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of a witness referred to in paragraph (a) of sub-section (2) shall be paid, in whole or in part, by the Commonwealth.

Staff to assist President
"107vzz. Any staff required to assist the President shall be persons appointed or employed under the Public Service Act 1922.

Annual report
"107vzza. (1) The President shall, as soon as practicable after 30 June in each year, prepare and furnish to the Minister a report of the operations of the Tribunal during that year.
"(2) The Minister shall cause the report of the Tribunal to be laid before each House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after the receipt of the report by the Minister.
"PART IIIb—REVIEW OF DECISIONS OF COMMISSION BY ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS TRIBUNAL

Reference of decisions to Administrative Appeals Tribunal
"107vzzb. (1) At any time after the receipt by the President of the Repatriation Review Tribunal of an application for a review by that Tribunal under Part IIIa of a decision of the Commission, the President may, if he considers that the decision involves an important principle of general application with respect to entitlement to, or assessment of, pension under this Act, refer the decision to the President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, together with a statement of his reasons for so concluding, with a request for a review by that Tribunal of that decision.
"(2) Where the President of the Repatriation Review Tribunal makes a reference under sub-section (1), the Tribunal shall not commence any hearing of the proceeding before it with respect to the decision the subject of that reference, or, if it has commenced such a hearing, shall adjourn that hearing.
"(3) At any time during the hearing of a proceeding before the Repatriation Review Tribunal under Part IIIa, the applicant or the Commission may make an application to the Tribunal requesting that—
    (a) where the decision to which the proceeding relates is a decision of the Commission—the decision be referred for review by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal; or
    (b) in any other case—the decision to which the proceeding relates be referred to the Commission with a request that it review the decision,
and, if such an application is made, the person making the application shall furnish to the Tribunal, when making the application, a statement of the reasons for making the application.

"(4) Where an application is made under sub-section (3), the Repatriation Review Tribunal shall adjourn the hearing of the proceeding before it and shall—
    (a) where the application relates to a decision of the Commission— refer the application to the President of the Repatriation Review Tribunal; or
    (b) in any other case—request the Commission to review the decision the subject of the