Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2022C00218:clause:1_171b
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2022C00218
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 171B
Character Range: 31085–31952

171B  Reference to Court of question of law arising at hearing
 (1) ASIC may, at the request of the Chair of a Financial Services and Credit Panel, refer to the Court for decision a question of law arising at a hearing of the panel.
 (2) Where a question is referred under subsection (1), the panel must not, in relation to a matter to which the hearing relates:
 (a) make, while the reference is pending, a decision to which the question is relevant; or
 (b) proceed in a manner, or make a decision, that is inconsistent with the Court's opinion on the question.
 (3) Where a question is referred under subsection (1):
 (a) ASIC must send to the Court all documents that were before the panel in connection with the hearing; and
 (b) at the end of the proceeding in the Court in relation to the reference, the Court must cause the documents to be returned to ASIC.